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The China in Africa Podcast

Twice-weekly discussion about China's engagement across Africa and the Global South hosted by journa

Episodes

Total: 321

Angolan President João Lourenço kicked off a three-day visit to China this week that will take him t

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed this week the triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

The escalating tensions between China, the Philippines and the United States in the South China Sea

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio is in the midst of a five-day visit to China that included t

A lot of EV consumers bought new battery-powered cars in the hope it would be better for the environ

Academics and think tank analysts, predominantly in the U.S. and Europe, spend a lot of time debatin

They're still counting the votes in Indonesia after last week's election but it's all but certain th

In the increasingly acrimonious competition between the U.S. and China over technology standards, it

For the first time in years, a few African countries are venturing back into the bond market to rais

Kenya has a new envoy to China, Willy Bett, who formally presented his credentials to President Xi J

For much of the past year, there's been a lot of talk about China's new leaner, more focused Belt an

Author Noo Saro-Wiwa had not spent much time in China when she heard that cities like Guangzhou, Hon

There was a lot of speculation in the U.S. last year that an upgrade of diplomatic ties with Vietnam

Militaries across Africa are increasingly turning to China to source advanced weapons systems that w

Together, the United States and China import $40 billion worth of timber products each year, quite a

China's engagement in Africa is at a critical inflection point where many of the various stakeholder

2023 was a transformative year for China’s ties with Africa. Chinese investment, trade, and diplomat

Ethiopia is the latest African country that is now teetering on the verge of default after the gover

Aisha Huang -- a Chinese national with the notorious nickname "Galamsey Queen" -- is now sitting in

Zambia's debt restructuring deal that was hailed earlier this year as a "landmark" breakthrough for