Archive: Weekly Briefing

CCS Weekly Briefing – 17 May 2013

1. Chinese envoy to UN urges support for African countries in fight  against terrorism
2. Mozambique’s president visits China
3. Kunming residents protest over proposed construction of chemical refinery
4. EU-China escalating tensions over telecoms trade and taxes on solar panels
5. Row over shooting of Taiwanese fisherman 

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CCS Weekly Briefing – 10 May 2013

1. Bank of China halts business with North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank
2. First China-Africa Health roundtable held in Botswana
3. South African banks to adopt Chinese currency?
4. Chinese firm proposes 20,000MW power plant in Nigeria
5. USA cyber espionage accusations denied by China

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CCS Weekly China Briefing – 04 May 2013

1. Nigerian company sign a US$1.25 billion deal with Chinese firms
2. South African NKWE Platinum in US$20 million partnership with Chinese Zijin Mining
3. Sinopec threatens to quit Ghana gas project over funding
4. U.S.A leads China in Africa “aid” – US media based study
5. China taking the international lead on climate change

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CCS Weekly China Briefing – 26April 2013

1. Ghana and China to counter illegal Chinese miners
2. Liberia and China sign economic and technical cooperation agreement
3. Uganda to screen all travellers as bird flu kills 20 in China
4. China Africa Cotton to build cotton ginning factory in Mozambique
5. A 7-magnitude quake rocks China, killing 179

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CCS Weekly China Briefing – 19 April 2013

1. Africa should drive harder bargains with China – policymakers
2. Zimbabwe overhauls major tourist airport with Chinese loan
3. Africa increasingly embracing China’s RMB
4. Chinese morns after US Boston attack
5. Bird flu scare spreads in China

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