The China-Global South Project

Non-partisan coverage of China in Africa & the Global South.

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Can Africa Turn Economic Growth Into Lasting Prosperity?

@JakkieCilliers joins @christiangeraud and @stadenesque to discuss Africa’s development prospects, demographic trends, poverty and inequality, and the choices shaping its future.

Watch - https://t.co/ESSqb8M1JA

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China’s zero-tariff deal is paying off for South Africa, with exports to China surging nearly 25% amid growing trade tensions with Washington.

https://t.co/fEkyg6WhE7

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China’s nickel giants are weighing production cuts in Indonesia as collapsing prices and rising costs expose the cracks in the country’s nickel boom, threatening smelter margins, jobs and the global battery supply chain.

https://t.co/k7zgAW6Bwt

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Botswana’s mineral wealth is testing the limits of its sovereignty as Chinese mining interests expand, with the real prize being who controls the resources, processing and profits long after the ore leaves the ground.

https://t.co/YaczioafbH

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VISUALS: China’s lithium push in Zimbabwe is at the heart of their partnership where Beijing’s appetite for EV minerals could help Harare build its own battery industry, or Zimbabwe could keep supplying the resources while China captures the profits.

https://t.co/QkANvNiwtX

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South Africa is moving closer to China amid Washington’s trade tensions, and Pretoria is betting on diversifying trade rather than relying on a single market for exports, jobs, and industrial growth.

https://t.co/nSORKNGwtK

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China is proposing export controls on 12 technologies used to manufacture solar equipment, citing national security concerns.

https://t.co/IkJJlgoFJr

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Oil-producing Angola, not Washington, is driving the Lobito Corridor, which is sold as a U.S. weapon against China.

https://t.co/S9o3bAhhm7

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BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of battery-electric vehicles in 2025. Now, the U.S. military is banning BYD vehicles from a key base in Japan over security fears.

https://t.co/dBLlx50C56

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If Africa keeps exporting raw materials and importing finished products, that mineral wealth means little because whoever controls the resources captures the profits and builds the industries.

https://t.co/i2fDM4vnVZ

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Washington is shutting DeepSeek out of federal systems in the name of national security, turning China’s AI rise into another front in the U.S. tech war and raising the stakes for global access to Chinese AI.

https://t.co/m9NauotXsi

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MULTIMEDIA ESSAY: China’s developers are reshaping Nairobi’s skyline with landmark skyscrapers like GTC, but behind the glass towers lies a bigger question of who owns, finances and profits from Kenya’s urban transformation.

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Satellite images suggest Saudi Arabia is expanding a ballistic missile factory believed to use Chinese technology to produce longer-range weapons. https://t.co/UTK1qHBQ6L

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Africa’s biggest markets are seeing a growing flow of Chinese goods, risking becoming dumping grounds.

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Washington’s trade tensions are pushing South Africa closer to China, but Pretoria risks trading dependence on one market for another as it scrambles to protect exports, jobs and industrial growth.

https://t.co/nSORKNGwtK

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While China’s clean-tech exports can help the Global South expand its power grids, countries without local manufacturing and control over critical infrastructure risk trading dependence on fossil fuels for dependence on Beijing.

https://t.co/M0726RfZnD

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Australia is tightening its defense grip on East Timor with a new security deal to curb China’s influence, turning the small Southeast Asian nation into another frontline in the battle for regional power.

https://t.co/FW8izYk1Yu

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South Africa’s exports to China have jumped nearly 25% under Beijing’s zero-tariff deal, but Chinese imports are also surging, meaning Pretoria must turn market access into factories, local jobs and industrial power, not just bigger trade figures.

https://t.co/fEkyg6WhE7

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Rising fuel prices are pushing India and China toward e-mobility collaboration, opening the door to cheaper EVs while forcing both countries to rethink their dependence on oil.

https://t.co/2vcAbCChen

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The U.S. military is banning BYD vehicles from a strategic air base in Japan over security fears, turning China’s global EV expansion into another front in the fight over technology, data, and national security.

https://t.co/dBLlx50C56