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07.26.18More of Africa Finds Itself in China’s Debt
Wall Street Journal
Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed a slate of investment deals during a weeklong tour of Africa, feeding into concerns in the West and on the continent over ballooning levels of indebtedness to Beijing and its expanding political footprint.
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07.25.18China and India Launch Investment Spree in Africa Ahead of Key Summit
CNBC
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have continued to lend in tandem to African countries ahead of a major emerging markets summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, beginning on Wednesday.
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09.05.17Leaders of China and India Seek Stable Ties after Border Spat
Bloomberg
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held their first talks since defusing a border stand-off, with both leaders calling for stable ties between the two Asian giants.
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05.31.17China, Russia Share Much to Expand Economic Cooperation
China Daily
Roughly three months ahead of a BRICS summit to be held in China, Russian analysts saw immense potential to increase and diversify economic cooperation between Russia and China.
The China Africa Project
05.02.16
As BRICS Slow Investments in Africa, Turkey Ramps Up
Remember when the BRICS were going to power the global economy? Well, the past few years have not been kind to Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. With the exception of India, the other members of this once elite diplomatic club are...
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02.24.16
China/Africa Vs. China/South America
China’s engagement in Africa is often seen by many observers in a vacuum without a broader understanding of how the relationship compares to Beijing’s strategy in other regions of the world. South America, in particular, provides an interesting...
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07.01.15China Parliament Ratifies BRICS Bank Agreement
Reuters
The BRICS Bank, is one of two international development banks that China is promoting as an alternative to western institutions such as the World Bank.
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07.01.15China Parliament Ratifies BRICS Bank Agreement
Reuters
China ratifies an agreement with the world's largest emerging nations to create a new development bank, alternative to western institutions such as the World Bank.
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02.06.15A Chinese Perspective on the BRICS in 2015
Council on Foreign Relations
The BRICS group is not only an economic concept but increasingly it is also taking the form of a political entity.
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12.06.14
The BRICS Bank: China’s Drive to Shake Up Development Finance
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (aka the ‘BRICS’) are moving forward with an ambitious plan to shake up the clubby world of development finance. The new BRICS bank announced over the summer 2014 is expected to have a profound impact on...
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07.22.14
Stability the Watchword for Progress in China
Chinese diplomacy has had a busy few months, with numerous visits abroad by leaders and a constant stream of foreign leaders coming to the country.Amid the flurry of activity, two meetings were particularly noteworthy: the sixth U.S.-China Strategic...
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07.22.14Heard in the Hutong: Will China’s Rise Lead to Conflict?
Wall Street Journal
With Xi Jinping currently finishing up a trip to South America following a meeting of BRICS leaders in Brazil, China Real Time hit the streets of Beijing to find out what residents think about China’s place in the world.
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07.07.14China Says Consensus Reached on $100 Billion BRICS Bank
Reuters
The five BRICS nations have reached a broad consensus on their $100 billion development bank though some differences remain, a senior Chinese diplomat said ahead of a summit in Brazil next week.
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04.04.13BRICS Offers New Model For Cooperation
Global Times
Ideally, Beijing would like to maintain a low profile while showing respect to other countries. China has no ambition to dominate BRICS, and will not purposely seek to raise its role in this mechanism.
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04.04.13China Doesn’t Belong In BRICS
Atlantic
In every year since 2001, the gap between China’s GDP and that of each of the others has widened. In the decade ahead, the gap is likely to become even more pronounced. Has the acronym become an anacronism?
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03.26.13A Highly Public Trip For China’s President, And Its First Lady
New York Times
President Xi Jinping, accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan, is on his March2013 inaugural overseas trip. The trip started in Russia last week, and is now passing through Africa with stops in Tanzania, the Republic of Congo and South Africa...
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03.26.13Xi In Africa As China's Role Comes Under Scrutiny
CNN
“There's a sense from Africans that it’s not an equal relationship. That China is extracting oil and then in return building infrastructure projects with its own companies and own workers and not necessarily transferring the skills to African...
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03.26.13China’s Xi Tells Africa He Seeks Relationship Of Equals
Reuters
On the first stop on an African tour that will include a B.R.I.C.S. summit of major emerging economies, Xi Jinping told Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete that China’s involvement in Africa would help the continent grow richer.
Conversation
03.26.13
Can China Transform Africa?
Jeremy Goldkorn:The question is all wrong. China is already transforming Africa, the question is how China is transforming Africa, not whether it can. From the “China shops”—small stores selling cheap clothing, bags, and kitchenware—that have become...