In keeping with a tradition spanning over three decades, China’s foreign minister is set to embark on his first annual overseas trip to the African continent, reinforcing diplomatic ties. Between January 13 and 18, Wang Yi will visit four African nations: Egypt, Tunisia, Togo, and Cote d’Ivoire. For Wang, a veteran diplomat, it’s his 11th … Read more
Throughout both the COVID-19 pandemic and much of 2023, there was been an abundance of reporting on a slowdown in Chinese lending to Africa, and projections that this would continue into the future. Now as we start a new year, and as the Chinese foreign minister prepares to make his annual visit to African countries, … Read more
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (also known as Forum Macao). 2023 also wraps up 40 years of Angola-China bilateral relations and a decade of the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2024, we are expecting the hosting of the … Read more
Advertisement The third Belt and Road Forum (BRF), which doubled as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), was hosted in Beijing, China from October 17-18 2023. As with the previous BRF, Africa was well represented, with five heads of state or government attending from Kenya, Ethiopia, Republic of … Read more