Large-scale, China-backed projects entice contract workers to take up posts in some African nations, while political instability keeps others away.

When discussing China’s global rise, attention usually shifts to the United States, Europe, Asia, or the South China Sea. Yet ...

Chinese companies will team up with African governments to fund infrastructure while reducing financial risk and easing debt pressure China has turned to public-private partnerships (PPP) to finance ...

For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost ...

Volume Five of President Xi Jinping’s book, “The Governance of China,” was recently released and has already gained ...

South Africa accounted for just under one-third of Chinese module exports to Africa in June 2025, according to Ember. Image: JUWI Renewable Energies. Africa imported over 15GW of solar panels from ...

The annual visit to 4-5 African countries has become traditional – but each year it’s still accompanied by concrete ...

NEW DELHI- China is further strengthening its dominance in the rare earth elements sector by making deeper inroads into African countries, which are rich in critical minerals like cobalt, lithium, and ...

Half-baked and shoddy projects, labor exploitation, debt traps and devastating environmental damage are part of the Chinese Communist Party portfolio. And people are noticing. In 2014, the China ...

As China marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of its global infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), new data show lending to Africa has fallen to its lowest level in almost two ...

Half-baked and shoddy projects, labor exploitation, debt traps and devastating environmental damage are part of the Chinese Communist Party portfolio. And people are noticing. In 2014, the China ...