Vol 53 No 5 | ZAMBIA Lusaka restarts the anti-corruption campaign 2nd March 2012 President Sata starts to deliver on promises of cleaner government President Michael Sata is cheering donors and his supporters by relaunching the fight against corruption begun under the late President Levy Mwanawasa but curtailed under President...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | ZAMBIACHINA Careless communication costs lives 3rd September 2012 Confusion about the new minimum wage law and tensions between workers and management lie behind the death of a Chinese mining boss in August The killing of Wu Shenzai on 4 August and the wounding of his two compatriots by Zambian mine workers demanding the implementation of the newly revised minimum wage were widely con...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | ZAMBIACHINA Investment relations 3rd September 2012 Despite the travails in Zambia's relations with China and fears that changes in mining regulation and taxation would scare off Asian companies, the flow of investment continues. Of...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 10 | ZAMBIA Alexander Chikwanda 31st July 2012 Finance Minister, Zambia In the 29 June listing of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Corporation (CNMC) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Zambia’s Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda saw ‘a legitimate cause fo...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ZAMBIA Given Lubinda 1st June 2012 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Zambia Zambian President Michael Chilufya Sata (aka ‘King Cobra’) used anti-Chinese rhetoric to whip up populist sentiment and win power in 2011, since when he has changed his tone.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 5 | ZAMBIACHINA Lusaka welcomes Asia, again 28th February 2012 President Michael Sata tries to balance Chinese investors’ interests and his populist policies The former scourge of Chinese investors, President Michael Chilufya Sata, has reshuffled his Patriotic Front government to placate Asian and other investors and to streamline econo...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 5 | ZAMBIACHINA Winners and losers in the contract rush 28th February 2012 Chinese investment in Zambia continues to boom under President Michael Sata’s Patriotic Front government, despite the rhetoric of his unruly ministers.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | ZAMBIACHINA Alarm over security deal 13th December 2011 President Sata’s government investigates inflated contracts that were financed with Chinese concessional loans A Zambia Revenue Authority commission of inquiry has turned up irregularities in a government agreement to purchase security scanners from Nuctech, a Chinese company formerly led b...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | ZAMBIACHINA Kaunda settles Sata's differences with Beijing 13th December 2011 President Michael Sata is trying to reassure Chinese politicians and business leaders about his government’s planned reforms.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 1 | ZAMBIAASIA Wild cats and King Cobra 10th November 2011 After being elected president, Michael Sata has softened his combative stance towards Chinese mine owners so now the trades unions are leading the charge After just two months in office, President Michael Chilufya Sata has made a complete turnaround in his attitude to China. He once criticised Chinese investors but now wants to use ...