Commentary in China Daily

The government-controlled China Daily asked me to comment on the sate of China-Africa relations.  The editors accepted my contribution and published it on 11 January 2013 with one deletion and added their own title of "A Developing Tale of Success".  The deletion concerned my assertion that Chinese traders in Africa are facing increasing criticism from their African counterparts. 

China's Policy towards Africa: Chinese View

Two Chinese academics collaborated in a brief overview of China's policy towards Africa in the summer 2012 edition of The Newsletter. While it provides the standard account from a Chinese perspective of the China-Africa relationship, it concludes with a frank discussion of the challenges.

The authors are Zhang Qingmin, a professor at Peking University, and Song Wei, a PhD candidate at the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing.

Click here to read the article.

South Sudan Slide Show

The World Bank released a slide show of less than 5 minutes titled South Sudan: The Struggle to Rebuild. It contains excellent photos and has an audio track. Click here to access the slide show.