China: the special relationship Economic and political ties between Africa and China have led to infrastructural development on a monumental scale but their roots go back millennia No one knows exactly how long ago the...
Ming Dynasty
Looking back, to the future
As far as Sino-African researchers are concerned, Africa’s relationship with China is ancient history In 2002 South Africa’s Parliament unveiled a digital reproduction of a map – of China, the Middle East and Africa –...
Gunboat diplomacy
China’s stakes in marine bases across Africa are unsettling the world’s major and minor powers, and could force the continent’s countries to take sides African countries may face harsh choices in what could become a...
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