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the lion and the panda: still working on the relationship
The ambiguities in China’s relationship with Africa have created fertile ground for politicians. Opposition parties, especially in southern Africa, frequently campaign on anti-China platforms. Every...
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Graphical Illustration of China’s global reach
NPR has this cool graphic on China’s global investments [click on image to enlarge]. Notice that Nigeria is among the top destinations of Chinese investments. In my alternate universe Abuja (the...
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Who runs the world?
May be it is just because my adviser at some point studied the politics of language and identity (see here and here), but this morning over breakfast as I was watching the newly elected appointed...
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More on debt, macroeconomic stability, and natural resources in Africa...
See earlier posts on this subject here and here. Below is a quote from FP on Uganda’s growing petroleum sector (see also the Global Witness report on Uganda’s secret oil contracts here): Uganda’s...
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Fact of the Week: 30% of Shanghai residents are over 60
….. Shanghai has a particular problem: last year, says China Daily, it became the first city in China to pass the crippling 30 per cent mark for population aged over 60. That’s nearly twice the 15.5...
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The Secret to Autocratic Success (The Example of China)
This is from The Economist: Even so, Mr Xi’s authority remains hemmed in. True, his position at the highest level looks secure. But among the next layer of the elite, he has surprisingly few backers....
View ArticleNigerians of Guangzhou: Institutional Adaptation in a Foreign Land
This is an old piece that is nonetheless fascinating: Large-scale Nigerian migration to China began in the aftermath of the 1980s Deng Xiaoping reforms, which opened China to the international...
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