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A Chinese Perspective on the African Debt Trap Debate

Sep 29, 2018

Kai Xue, a Beijing-based attorney who specializes in outbound investment in developing countries, is among a growing number of Chinese analysts who is increasingly skeptical of the government’s rationale for committing so much money to Africa when there may better opportunities for Chinese investment elsewhere,...

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"The Debt Problem in Kenya is NOT China's Problem, it's Kenya's!"

Sep 16, 2018

Nairobi-based international development economist Anzetse Were suggests in a new paper for the South African Institute of International Affairs that Kenya's leaders, not China, should be the ones held accountable for borrowing too much money without a detailed, transparent plan on how to repay the loans.

She joins Eric...

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Have We Reached Peak China-Africa?

Sep 9, 2018

Longtime China-Africa scholar Luke Patey, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute of International Affairs, is among a growing number of analysts who believe that the outcome of this year's FOCAC summit clearly demonstrated that Africa now has a diminished role in China's global economic agenda.

Luke joins Eric &...

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Chinese Money for African Infrastructure Likely to Top FOCAC Agenda

Sep 1, 2018

Former CEO of the African Finance Corporation and current Quartz Africa columnist Andrew Alli joins Eric & Cobus to discuss why infrastructure financing will likely top the agenda at the Forum on China Africa Cooperation summit that convenes in Beijing on September 3.

Join the discussion. Do you think it's wise for...

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