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Editors Note: the following article is published as part of a partnership with China House in Kenya who hosts groups of Chinese high school students in Nairobi to learn more about China-Africa relations. This article was only lightly edited. The opinions expressed in this article are entirely those of ...

2018 has seen the rapid popularization of a motif in Western discussions of China-Africa relations. Over the last month or so, The Diplomat, The Guardian, and CNN

South Africa is struggling to recapture the imagination of investors after a decade of driving its economy into a ditch. This week, 100 delegates from China’s Zhejiang province visited the country for a trade and investment roadshow weeks after a similar event in Shanghai.  The events are a direct ...

China’s recently announced $2.5 billion currency swap with Nigeria raises interesting questions about Africa’s role in one of Beijing’s key financial objectives: the internationalization of the renminbi (RMB). The swap follows the March launch of an RMB-denominated oil futures market in Shanghai. As the world's largest oil importer, conducting its ...

When I first got to Kenya, people were constantly telling me that the secret to doing well here was the kind of relationships you were able to establish.  This seemed very aligned with the concept of guanxi, which was so familiar from my experiences ...

The following article was written by Yuan Yizhu, Wang Chun, Cheng Ming , student fellows at China House Kenya Over the past few years China has emerged as one of the world’s biggest markets for illegal wildlife products such as ivory. According to a 2017 BBC news ...

Over the past few years, China has emerged to become one of the biggest markets for global illegal wildlife products such as ivory. According to BBC news in 2017, China now accounts for up to 70% of the global demand for ivory. Apart from ivory, the trade of animal products ...

The following article was written by Stephany Zoo, Founder of the Nairobi-based China Africa Tech Initiative When I first came to China, an Alibaba employee once told me that it wasn’t that Alibaba meant to only pursue wildly ambitious projects, it was just that when you had created a platform ...

The following article was written by Wu Xunpu, a student fellow at China House Kenya. After a tedious 48-hour layover in the Dubai airport, Bailing finally arrived in Nairobi, Kenya. The extreme weather conditions in Dubai had left her stranded for an extra two days. This hindrance, ...

The following article was written by Bo Sun, a fellow at China House Kenya My name is Bo Sun and I am a Chinese student studying abroad in Reno, Nevada. My father, however, lives and works in Tanzania. During my 2016 Christmas holiday, I visited the ...