China Forum
The CCS invites you to a presentation by Prof Ian Taylor, School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, entitled 'The Myth of the Chinese Tsunami: Beijing's Impact on Africa's Textile Industry' on 21 August 2008. More Information...
Visiting Scholars Program
The Centre for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce the formal launch of the Visiting Scholars Program. More information...
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Featured Article - 'Colonial Ambitions?' in Newmatilda.com August 2008. |
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 The OECD Development Centre recently released a report on the impact of China's lending on debt sustainability in Africa. The report, titled 'Prudent versus Imprudent Lending to Africa: From Debt Relief to Emerging Lenders', is available here
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 International Rivers Network Report Available - "New financiers and the environment: ten perspectives on how Financial Institutions can Protect the Environment"
The report also includes a chapter by Lucy Corkin: "Chinese Investors and the Environment – a South African Perspective". |
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CCS-WESGRO Workshop
The CCS and the Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (WESGRO) will be hosting a workshop titled ‘Doing Business with China’ from 08h00 to 15h00 on Thursday 14 August 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa. More Information
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Executive Education, passport to China - The CCS, in collaboration with the Stellenbosch Business School, will be offering an executive education programme called "passport to China" from 25-29 August this year. The programme is ideally suited for business leaders, executives, senior managers and international managers who want to advance their knowledge and skills from an inside perspective on the fascinating growth story of China and the business opportunities of that country. More information
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Featured Article - 'Why China trumps SA' in Mail&Guardian online, August 2008.
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Welcome to the Centre for Chinese Studies
The Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) was conferred the status of a Confucius Institute by PRC Education Minister Dr Zhou Ji during his visit to South Africa in June 2004. The CCS is thus one of only five Confucius Institutes on the African continent, the others having been established in Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar and Zimbabwe. The Centre has since forged a strategic partnership with Peking University in Beijing in order to fulfil the mandate of the Confucius Institute. The CCS acts as a bridge for liaison between South African society and China to facilitate the promotion of Chinese language, cultural and knowledge in South Africa and the region....
Full profile of the Centre for Chinese Studies.
NEW REPORT
How China delivers development assistance to Africa
by Dr Martyn Davies
with Hannah Edinger, Nastasya Tay & Sanusha Naidu
China's "new foray" into Africa is attracting wide international
attention and contentious debate. China is seemingly engaging Africa on new terms – terms that are not shaped by traditional powers or perhaps not even by Africans themselves. It brings a new model that the author has termed China's "coalition engagements" in Africa – a collaborative state-business approach to foreign policy. China's foreign aid forms an integral component of this model.
The Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch University embarked on this research project, supported by the Department for International Development UK (DFID), to gather information and gain insight into China's aid policies vis-à-vis Africa. The research is intended to inform both Chinese and traditional donor efforts toward the continent.
The Executive Summary is available here
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The Weekly Briefing - 08/08/2008
1. China to honour commitment and host high-level Olympics
2. Nigeria: New N42 Billion Cement Plant for Sokoto
3. China Money: Policy easing may allow higher rates
4. China seals chrome mining deal with Zim
5. China regrets fakes inflow into Tanzania
Read full Weekly Briefing here >>
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China Monitor
The June China Monitor focuses on China, Africa and the global food crisis.
The Policy Watch section is by Luis Mah and Sylvia Croese, Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies. The piece focuses on the possibility of China playing a role in pushing for a Green Revolution in Africa.
The first Commentary piece is by Prof. Wen Tiejun, Dr. Liu Huaiyu and Dr. Li Chenjie, Renmin University, China. The piece focuses on the issues of food supply and inflation in China.
The second Commentary piece is by Stephanie Hanson, News Editor at the Council on Foreign Relations, USA. The piece provides an overview of agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa, possible lessons from Asia's Green Revolution, and the role governance plays in Sub-Saharan Africa's food crisis.
The book 'China’s New Role in Africa and the South: A search for a new perspective', by Dorothy Grace Guerrero and Firoze Manji (eds) is reviewed by Johanna Jansson, Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies.
The Monitor subsequently tracks China's local and international business news as well as China's interaction with Africa over the past month.
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E-Publication
New Impulses from the South: China's Engagement of Africa
On 1st June 2007 the Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch University, together with the Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) co-hosted the 9th annual Africa Day conference in Pretoria, South Africa, with focus on China’s increasing role on the African continent. The conference brought together key speakers around thematic topics. A number of the speakers agreed to submit their thoughts and comments on the topic as papers to be collated in an electronic book.
In commemoration of a successful and insightful conference the Centre for Chinese Studies is proud to announce that the e-publication entitled “New Impulses from the South: China’s Engagement of Africa” is now available. We hope this publication will contribute to the growing body of literature on China in Africa.
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