Published under
china,
corporate foreign policy on Thursday, February 28th, 2013
The following was originally published in Foreign Policy Magazine, penned by Hayley Barbour and Ed Rogers: Last week, we learned that the Chinese government had hacked into the computers of some of Washington’s most prominent organizations — law firms, think tanks, news outlets, human rights groups, congressional offices, embassies, and federal agencies — not to steal [...]
According to the Financial Times, Chinese exports to Africa jumped by 22 per cent last year to hit $73 billion, which is double the GDP of Kenya, while the two-way volume of trade reached $166.3 billion. But African leaders now want more than just cheap goods.
Published under
china,
human rights on Monday, August 6th, 2012
A high-profile North Korean human rights activist vowed today to keep raising human rights issues in China including its alleged harsh treatment of foreign political prisoners. According to the Yon-Hap News Agency, Kim Young-hwan made the remarks during a press conference to foreign media in Seoul, speaking about the alleged torture he suffered during his [...]
Published under
china,
mining,
Peru on Friday, December 16th, 2011
There are some interesting video reports posted to Americas Quarterly discussing the mining industry in Peru, with a special focus on China.
Published under
china,
foreign policy,
United States on Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Which country offers the most attractive model for development for a rising country – the United States or China? The answer used to be easy, but not any longer.
Published under
china,
CSR,
mining,
Zambia on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
One doesn’t often associate the term “corporate social responsibility” with Chinese state-owned businesses, but it would be a mistake to assume that an unguided or less regulated set of standard operating procedures would necessarily produce a competitive advantage. In a number of African nations, local communities are beginning to experience a backlash against their new [...]
Published under
china,
mining on Friday, October 21st, 2011
Some important information from Mining Weekly on the uptick in acquisitions being made by China in shareholdings of foreign mining firms, including a special interest in precious metals: Strategic Capital & Intelligence Group (SCIG) CEO Jack Slibar expected the pace of Chinese investment into foreign mining firms to pick up significantly over the next two [...]
Published under
Africa,
Brazil,
china,
oil on Friday, October 21st, 2011
According to a recent piece published in the Financial Times, oil production in Angola has struggled to keep up pace, dropping to 1.65 million barrels per day, down from 1.85m b/d in 2010. Although the African nation makes up only 2% of global oil production, back in 2008 Angola became the largest supplier of crude [...]
Published under
china,
foreign policy,
natural gas,
oil,
russia on Thursday, October 20th, 2011
There’s no shortage of mutual historic distrust between the Russian and Chinese governments. Is that changing?
A United Nations human rights agency has demanded that the Chinese government immediately release a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who has been detained for nearly a year, according to a statement released on Monday by an advocacy group. The lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, had said he was tortured during previous rounds of detention. The New York [...]