Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | LIBERIACHINABRIEFING China Union’s clouds have iron linings 12th February 2010 More than a year and two amendments later, progress is finally being made on little-known China Union’s US$2.68 billion deal to redevelop Liberia’s Bong Mines. In her apologetic ...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 3 | CHINAAFRICA A year to mend broken promises 15th January 2010 After a dramatic fall in its trade and investment in Africa, Beijing pledges a return to exponential growth The year 2009 was one of broken promises. China declared repeatedly that its relations with Africa would not be affected by the global financial crisis (AAC Vol 2 No 3). In an effo...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 3 | CHINAAFRICA Academics find holes in China's Marshall Plan 15th January 2010 Debate within China has been raging for some time over the solution to the problem of slumping exports. One of the more controversial ideas that has been floated is a ‘Marshall P...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 3 | CHINA Yin Zhuo 15th January 2010 Rear Admiral, People’s Liberation Army Navy, China Fears of an aggressive Chinese military build-up surfaced again after a People’s Liberation Army Navy Admiral advocated the establishment of an overseas base to fight Somali pirate...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 3 | CHINA Li Qiangmin 15th January 2010 China’s Ambassador to Zambia As he responds to the fiery criticism of opposition Patriotic Front leader Michael ‘King Cobra’ Sata, Li Qiangmin is more outspoken than most Chinese diplomats, staunchly defending...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | LIBERIACHINA Beijing's bankroll for Bong's ore 15th December 2009 The China Development Bank promises to save China Union's US$2.68 Bong Mine project but will take an 85% stake to provide the finance and pay Monrovia The US$2.68 billion China Union plan to revitalise Liberia's Bong Mines has not taken off, almost a year after it was first signed. Initial concerns about the little-known Chines...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | GHANACHINA China's positioning in the Kosmos 15th December 2009 Although Chinese companies have not yet bid for Kosmos's 30% stake in Ghana's Jubilee field, the China Development Bank has bought Beijing's companies a great deal of capital. Th...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | ZIMBABWECHINABRIEFING All that glitters is mine 15th December 2009 The details of the US$8 billion China Sonangol/China International Fund are becoming more apparent as subsidiary deals are signed. On 7 December, Zimbabwe's Transport and Mining ...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | GABONCHINABRIEFING Hurry up, wait and renegotiate 15th December 2009 Gabon's politicians continue to question the delays in the starting-up of the Bélinga iron ore mine and its associated infrastructure works. But financing issues and const...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | CHINA Stanley Ho 15th December 2009 Managing Director, STDM Billionaire Stanley Ho is in the vanguard of Chinese investment in Lusophone Africa. His companies will operate the casino in Luanda's soon-to-be-completed Hotel Intercontinental...