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Last Updated: July 7, 2016

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As China’s Xi Jinping Visits, Africa Asks: What Are We Getting Out Of This?

Peter Ford

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Chinese trade with African countries was nearly $200 billion in 2012. But after years of embracing China, some Africans say that China is taking more than it gives back and replicating colonial patterns. 

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The Chinese government’s views on transparency, in regards to issues of interational health, have changed drastically since the S.A.R.S. outbreak ten years ago, but some areas have yet to improve.

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North Korea, China Do Their Usual Dance

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China Censorship Protest "Living in Truth" (Opinion)

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Protests erupt following a strike by journalists at a Chinese newspaper whose editorial on free speech was censored. Unlike most other protests in China, this one is about living in the truth.