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Sudan: China Boosts Its South Presence With New Office »

2 September 2008
By Badru Mulumba
Beijing Hotel straddles a patch of land in the prime area of Juba, separated by only a dirt, unpaved road from the sprawling United States consulate. Close to this hotel constructed out of cheap prefabs and metal bars, its name long a symbol of Chinese influence in Sudan, a Chinese Consulate [...]

Cameroon: China Invades Country With Cheap, Fragile Goods »

By Quinta Njoh
28 August 2008
They arrived in trickles - a Chinaman, hawking cloth, needles, threads, selling cakes, eggs, shoes, cheap showy jewellery - bangles, trinkets, artificial flowers, electronic gadgets and the like.
That was as far back as 2000. Cameroonians were a little surprised, but they went about their businesses as usual until the Chinese became [...]

China tells Sudan not to rely on its ‘veto’ for ICC move »

Wednesday 3 September 2008 06:10.
September 2, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – China told Sudan it should not rely on a veto to block a possible arrest warrant for president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, according to a newspaper report.
Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Guangya Wang listens to speakers during a meeting of the Security Council on July [...]

South Africa and China: Forging Africa’s Strategic Partnership »

By Chris Alden
Ten years of official diplomatic relations between the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa have been marked by a multitude of milestones in both countries. From a period of no official ties to limited interaction between the South African and Chinese governments, the relationship has subsequently grown to become [...]