Friday, May 4, 2012

China-Africa Website

Another website with excellent research on China-Africa issues is the Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Click here to access the home page.

Recent additions to the website include a lengthy study titled "The Challenge in Conservation of Biodiversity: Regulation of National Parks in China and South Africa in Comparison" by Meryl Burgess, a research analyst at the Centre. The study notes that both China and South Africa are rich in biodiversity, which is threatened by natural causes and human factors. The study looks at the way China and South Africa have attempted to regulate and manage national parks. Click here to access the study.

The website has two recent short pieces by Daouda Cisse, a research fellow at the Centre. The first one is titled "The Malian Crisis--China's Reaction Capacity at a Test Again?" Click here to read the commentary. The second one is titled "Banking with China." Click here to read the commentary.