China-Russia Cooperation in Africa

 The Russian International Affairs Council and Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University published in 2021 a study titled "China-Russia Bilateral Cooperation in Africa."

The report reflects the different political experiences of Russia and China in Africa and the current asymmetry of their respective  resource bases.  It also shows that Russia and China hold close positions on fundamental issues of world politics.  There are no irreconcilable differences between the two countries.  The report concludes that Russia and China are not competing for influence in Africa, but, on the contrary, can complement each other's efforts.  

How China Influences the Media in Africa

 Konrad Adenauer Stiftung recently published a document titled "It Is about Their Story: How China, Turkey and Russia Influence the Media in Africa."  It contains a section titled "Sino-African Cooperation--An Overview of a Longstanding Asymmetric Relationship" by Dani Madrid-Morales.

The author concludes that long-standing imbalances in the China-Africa relationship and, in this case, the media sector manifest in the form of three asymmetries: volume of media exchanges, audiences, and human and material capital.