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What American Companies Need to Know

One concern about the increased Chinese business presence in Africa is that it is forcing opportunities away from U.S. businesses. Stephen Hayes, [...] More

Chinese Expansion in Africa

At the November 2015 meeting of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, China’s “open door” and “going out” policy, first declared in [...] More

Misperceptions about Chinese Involvement

As Director of the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Deborah Bräutigam has written extensively about the [...] More

There’s Room For Everyone

Chinese and Western interests in Africa—in other words, what these countries want from Africa rather than what they can do for Africa—are [...] More

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