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How the Bui Dam set up China’s future engagement strategy with Ghana
Aid, trade and foreign direct investments typify China’s global rise and its African activities.
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ASCIR Visits Burkina Faso
The Executive Directors of the Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) headquartered in Ghana, paid a two-day working visit to Burkina Faso.
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A 2021 Update On What We Know About Chinese Lending to African Countries
There’s ample evidence of a sharp decline in Chinese lending to developing countries, specifically in Africa.
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Ghana AG: Chinese Nationals Arrested for Illegal Mining Will Not Be Deported and Will Instead Do Prison Time in Ghana
Ghanaian Attorney General Godfred Dame announced that military forces acting as part of the ongoing crackdown on illegal gold mining known as “galamsey” have detained 45 people, including 10 Chinese nationals.
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Identity packaging in Africa – China cross-cultural communication
The empirical motivation for the argumentation in this paper comes from observing Africans in China, especially in the markets of Guangzhou and Yiwu and in urban hubs like Hong Kong and Macau for more than 20 years.
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Africa-China Relations: Analysing the World in Africa and the Challenges of Development
The Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) based in Ghana was set up in 2019, as an African-based research centre with a focus on conducting extensive research on Africa-China relations, China’s dominant presence in Africa.
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The Peddling Narrative of Debt Diplomacy in China-Africa Relations
The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, recently recycled the narrative of Chinese debt traps in Africa during his virtual conference, where he met with Presidents of Kenya and Nigeria, as well as Young African Leaders Initiative Programme alumni.
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Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) Launched
A much needed African-based research centre focused on extensive research on Africa-China relations, the Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR), was virtually launched on Tuesday, 13th April 2021.
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Zambia Case Study: Chinese Labour Practices Marring Relations on the Continent?
China has been accused of neo-colonialism in Africa, with many pointing to Chinese engagement in Zambia as an example of China exerting economic slavery on the continent.
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Cracks in Afro-Sino Partnership?
China’s active presence in Africa has been polemical, resulting in an array of divisive opinions over the nature and motivation, driving China’s interest on the continent.
