Articles by CEN_com

China plans to open ‘green lanes’ for African agricultural exports to China and work to reach $300 billion in total imports from Africa in the next three years. From January to October this year, China-Africa trade and the Asian giant’s direct investment in Africa both bucked the trend, reaching over $207 billion and $2.6 billion respectively, up 37.5% and 10% year-on-year, according to China’s ambassador to South Africa, Chen Xiaodong. […]

Africa is looking at China’s presence in energy on the continent with hope for a just energy transition from coal to renewables. On 22 September, speaking at the UN General Assembly, China’s president, Xi Jinping, announced China would provide strong support for green transitions in developing nations and stop building coal power overseas. On 30 November, the 8th Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) issued a declaration reiterating those points on climate change. At the […]

Cuba it should be remembered was the first Latin American country to establish diplomatic relations with China back in 1960. Sixty-one years after that union, both nations continue to collaborate with each other in the fight against hegemonism and unilateralism, the use of force, and violation of international laws. Today, the two countries have a new reason for rapprochement; the Chinese project of the Belt and Road, which once again […]