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African Countries At Risk From China’s Economic Deceleration

Exterior of the Evergrande Center in Shanghai. The property developer imploded and contributed to China's slowing economy in the third quarter of the year. Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Eric Olander
The South African rand has long served as a sort of early warning system for investors to gauge the impact of Chinese economic news. And yesterday, the alarms sounded as the value of the South African currency fell 1.1% in response to worse-than-expected third-quarter data that revealed the Chinese economy slowed to ...
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Youth Activists at France-Africa Summit: “We Expect to Be Part of the Process”

Beijing’s Top Diplomat For Africa Reflects on Why It’s So Difficult for China to Change the Negative Media Narrative

Slowly, More Chinese COVID Vaccines Are Landing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mideast

Reports of a Chinese “Black Site” in the UAE Used to Target Uyghurs Gaining Momentum in U.S. Media

China Tries to Calm U.S. Anxieties About New Pact With Iran

Human Rights, Non-Interference and Trade at the Top of Wang Yi’s Agenda in Saudi Arabia

Americas

Chinese Mobile Phone Brands Want to do in Latin America What They’ve Done in Africa

Barbados PM Pushes Back on BBC Journalist About China’s Growing Investments in the Caribbean

China Claims It Doesn’t Play Politics With Vaccine Distributions, But What Happened in Paraguay This Weekend Says Otherwise

Asia

While the EU & U.S. Talk About Competing With China to Build Infrastructure in the Global South, Japan’s Experience in Vietnam Should Give Them Pause

Bhutan’s ‘Disciplined Diplomacy’ Between Two Giants

China-Global South Update: Wang Yi Brings Millions in Aid and Vaccines on Four-Nation Asia Tour

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“Ripple effects to the rest of the world could be significant due to weaker Chinese demand for raw materials… Even developed markets, including the U.S., would not be immune to a significant tightening in global financial conditions as a result of a negative China growth shock accompanied by financial stress.”
Mo Ji, Chief China Economist at Fidelity International

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The China in Africa Podcast

Twice-weekly podcast dedicated to exploring every facet of China's engagement in Africa. Hosted by Eric Olander and Cobus van Staden.
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Senior China-Africa Researcher
The South African Institute of International Affairs

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Deborah Brautigam

Director
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Rishikesh Bhandary

Assistant Director, Global Economic Governance Initiative
Boston University

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Wisdom Akpalu

Dean of the School of Research and Graduate Studies
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

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