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Breaking news, analysis and opinion on relations between China and countries in Africa, covering trade, resources and the Belt and Road Initiative.
Open Questions series

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

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US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

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China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

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Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

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Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

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While courting investment, Nigeria is keen to address its trade imbalance with China. Last year, China shipped goods worth US$18.9 billion to Nigeria but imports, including oil, from Nigeria were US$2.98 billion, according to Chinese customs data. Photo: XInhua
Energy

Nigeria courts Chinese investment as interest booms in oil and opportunities

Abuja pushes for shift towards value-added exports amid increasing concern about trade imbalance that favours Beijing.

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Africa

Will Zambian mine disaster spill over to destroy relations with China?

What do China’s growing African port interests mean for its naval ambitions?

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US-China relations

Trump cut off aid to South Africa. Will it tilt the balance in China’s favour?

Washington’s ‘self-centred foreign policy’ may push Pretoria and others closer to Beijing, observer says.

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Africa

As Chinese gas investments in Africa take off, oil imports sink

While China’s oil trade in Africa has dropped over recent years, there is another fuel that investors cannot get enough of.

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Focus

A battle is playing out over Congolese cobalt. China is well ahead

Rivalry for critical minerals is intensifying, but observer says US ‘doesn’t offer viable alternative’ to Chinese investments in DR Congo.

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Science

Why is China quietly helping Africa build a Great Green Wall across the Sahara?

‘This battle can be won’: desert expert reveals how China’s technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental project.

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Africa’s Great Green Wall project, which features input and funding from China, is promoted in southeastern Niger. Photo: Weibo
Africa

China still leads the pack in Africa’s critical minerals race as US falls behind

Beijing has spent years – and billions – investing in Africa’s mining sector, and it is now paying off, experts say.

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Belt and Road Initiative

Macroscope | Why China’s belt and road will go from strength to strength

With rival initiatives lacking substance, Beijing’s transcontinental project is likely to expand as the US exits multilateral commitments.

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Two Sessions 2025

China pledges to help Africa develop as ‘land of hope for the 21st century’

Foreign Minister Wang Yi stresses support for an African ‘voice in international affairs’ as ‘crucial to the shared destiny of humanity’.

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Workers from Niger and China work on an oil pipeline, one of the scores of Chinese-funded projects across the continent. Photo: AFP
Two Sessions 2025

China hits out at US Pacific policy ‘failure’, tariffs war – as it happened

Foreign minister answers questions about strained US ties, the Ukraine war and China’s strategy in Middle East.

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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi facing the press. Photo: AFP
China technology

Opinion | China’s AI push in the Global South is not just about technology

By providing AI-powered products, infrastructure, governance tools and data-driven insights, China aims to reshape the global digital order.

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How China is holding out hope as South Sudan seeks to revive oil lifeline

Drilling is back on at two major oilfields after a damaged pipeline halted exports, while a China-funded pipeline may also be in the works.

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DeepSeek

As Africa races towards its AI revolution, China is with it each step of the way

While DeepSeek is helping African nations leapfrog development milestones, there are still challenges ahead, experts say.

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Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek could help Africa in its digital transformation, while helping to cement Africa’s relationship with China. Photo: Reuters

Are China’s growing Zimbabwe ties part of bigger plans for southern Africa?

Beijing is betting on resources, labour and long ties to makes Zimbabwe a major steel hub, and a strategic foothold in the region, experts say.

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A mega US$3.6 billion Chinese-invested industrial park in Zimbabwe will produce electricity, chromium-based materials and steel products, positioning the country as a major player for China’s future infrastructure plans in the region. Photo: X@HonJMuswereJnr
Africa

Why China is working so hard to boost military ties in Africa’s Sahel region

The appointment of China’s new defence attaché to Niger signals a larger move by Beijing to fortify security in Africa, experts say.

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G20

Will China fill gap left by the US at G20 meeting in South Africa?

Analyst says China emphasis on working together on international issues is the opposite of ‘America first’ as espoused by Trump.

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Belt and Road Initiative

China and the chocolate factory: Ivory Coast investment helps secure cocoa beans

If tonnes of beans go to China instead of Europe or US, chocolate makers in those regions will feel the loss, expert says.

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China is investing in cocoa bean processing factories in Ivory Coast and Ghana, which control 60-70 per cent of the world’s cocoa bean production. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Why US cuts to African aid may not be an easy win for China

Donald Trump’s spending freeze may look like an open goal, but Beijing could still struggle to take advantage of the situation.

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Belt and Road Initiative

‘Game changer’: why Chinese rail contractors have East Africa in their sights

Business case is stacking up for the export-driven railway network that China’s companies are building with African finance.

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Mainland China

Guinea’s vast Simandou mine on track to start delivering for Chinese investors

Locomotive deals worth more than half a billion dollars signal iron ore could start flowing to ports this year.

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Workers at the Simandou high-grade iron ore project in Guinea, which is on track to achieve first production at the mine gate in 2025. Photo: Rio Tinto Simfer
Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV battery makers are powering past tariffs on a Morocco bypass

Chinese-African joint venture is latest company to find way past Western trade barriers while leveraging region’s abundant battery materials.

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CNGR Advanced Material’s subsidiary has partnered with an African investment firm to produce EV battery products in Morocco. Photo: Handout
Africa

China’s peace strategy in Horn of Africa is slow-going, but can it reap rewards?

Beijing is taking a slow but safe approach to promoting harmony in a region of Africa beset by war and insurgencies, experts say.

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Africa braces as Trump’s WHO withdrawal, aid freeze set to ‘gut public health’

US exit from the WHO is expected to have a huge impact on Africa, which relies on the agency’s programmes to help address disease outbreaks.

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DR Congo

Chinese nationals ignore embassy warnings in gold rush to DRC’s troubled east

A worsening security situation in the African nation’s eastern provinces is no deterrent in reward-cost calculus, one expert said.

Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers in the eastern part of the country, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by intense fighting with armed militia groups which broke out in November. Photo: Xinhua
Africa

Why Wang Yi’s ‘close call’ could prompt China to step up African security push

China could be driven to bolster its support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel after the deadly attack in Chad, observers say.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the capital Abuja on January 9, a day after the top diplomat’s visit to Chad. Photo: Xinhua

China’s Africa imports rise, but will 2025 uncertainties halt trade gains?

Boost in commodities demand helps narrow Africa’s China trade deficit as nations urge more imports of processed goods.

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Chinese fishing crew safe after hijack but is piracy returning to Gulf of Aden?

Attacks remain well below 2011 peak but China’s vast maritime interests in the waters off Somalia could be targeted, observers say.

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