Nobody is paying attention, it seems . . .
The BBC has a remarkably feel-good story about Angola’s newly-refurbished Luanda-Malange train route. While I love positive stories about Africa in any media – if for no other reason than to offset...
View ArticleNaiveté gets us nowhere . . .
So the Tianjin climate talks have come to an end with little outward sign of progress, despite protestations to the contrary by UN Climate Chief Christina Figueres (via AFP): “I would dare say that...
View ArticleThe use of history in the present . . .
The BBC professes to be shocked (yes, shocked!) by the find of archaeological evidence suggesting Chinese contact in East Africa in the early 1400s. In a previous life I was an archaeologist (still...
View ArticleChildish, stereotypical, and just about right . . .
No time for long posts today . . . but if you want to understand why the US and China are trapped in the economic version of a dance of death that neither can escape, simply watch the following . . ....
View ArticleAh, see . . . we are paying attention
Turns out the leaks that shall not be named by federal employees have produced a document demonstrating that the State Department is, in fact, paying attention to China’s role in Africa. The BBC is...
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