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Sino-African Relations

Politics: Sino-Sudanese Relations

January 14, 2010

China has been heavily criticized for its close ties with Sudan. Despite an ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region, China continues to trade and support the Khartoum regime. Furthermore, China has threatened to veto any United Nations Security Council resolution that would send an international force into Sudan[1]. Those searching for an international solution [...]

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History: China-Africa – How It All Started

September 10, 2009

China’s involvement in Africa has become a big deal over the past few years. I have personally been very interested in the issue, and have spent the past few years researching, writing, discussing, and thinking about this issue in hopes of understanding it better. In my last year of college, I wrote a couple of [...]

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Politics: Dalai Lama, Africa, and China

March 24, 2009

I just read this report from the BBC, and had a major flash back to my honors thesis:
A peace conference for Nobel laureates in South Africa has been called off over Pretoria’s refusal to allow the Dalai Lama to attend, organisers said.

The fact that they have refused to allow the Dalai Lama actually might say [...]

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Life: African Students in Shanghai

March 14, 2009

I was pretty excited to see African students in my dorm when I arrived. Having spent three + years researching the topic, and writing several papers (including my undergraduate honors thesis), it is about time I speak with some African students about the issue.
Last night I had my first encounter with a student from Liberia. [...]

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