Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zhai Jun’s recent visit to the Rwandan-DR Congo border region removed any lingering doubt, if there was any, that Beijing’s interests in the region extend far beyond natural resource extraction.   Zhai …

Before I moved to the Democratic Republic of Congo, someone asked me if I was going to learn the local language.  I replied that “I already do speak the local language there… Mandarin.”  Obviously, Mandarin …

The Chinese appear to be using the same strategy in the DRC as they are in other countries by offering low cost loans and high
profile development projects in exchange for access to the raw materials …

In so many ways, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is ground zero for China’s Africa strategy.  The DRC is a veritable supermarket for China’s mineral and natural resource needs: gold, coltan, zinc, lead, copper …

One of the central questions to consider when watching this BBC Newsnight report on China’s growing influence in Zambia is how Beijing’s insatiable need for natural resources will clash with China’s instinctive policy of non-interference …

The BBC appears to be the only major international media company that recognizes the tremendous geopolitical changes going on across Africa and the developing world at large.  In this two-part series, the BBC’s flagship evening …

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WASIT PROVINCE, Iraq — When China’s biggest oil company signed the first post-invasion oil field development contract in Iraq last year, the deal was seen as a test of Iraq’s willingness to open an industry …

It’s an old and easy hobby to laugh at Americans and how provincial we are when it comes to understanding the world outside of our borders.  We’ve all seen the Jay Leno skits where he …