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In August last year the Chinese State Council published its white paper on China – Africa relations. Fifteen years ago this would have been an…
These two ancient civilisations have much in common; a desire to prevent western domination of the world; an ambition to become the hegemonic power in…
The Presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva saw Brazil dramatically change its international profile, his charismatic leadership saw a transformation of the Brazilian economy…
In March 2012 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made a state visit to China with the aim of improving bi-lateral ties and earlier this year…
Turkmenistan holds the world’s fourth largest gas reserves; from the Galkynysh Field huge black pipes thread their way east across the vast searing deserts of…
The year is 2015: following a coup in an unstable Central African state, the new government eyeing an easy and unpopular target, seizes control of…
The bleak, lunar like Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia are the focus of the one of the most intriguing examples of Chinese engagement with Latin…
In the summer of 2013 Chinese entrepreneur Wang Jing announced that he would achieve one of the world’s greatest engineering feats by 2019. Building a…
A huge fireworks display, along with pyrotechnic flower blooms and multi-coloured streamers were the crowning glory of a party which boasted Lenny Kravitz as a headliner…