Launched in 2022, the initiative hosts virtual dialogues with experts about the evolution of China’s engagement with the Global South.
The panel discussions explore the continuity and divergence in China’s exchanges with different regions in the Global South, including Latin and South America and Africa, as well as its development efforts as part of China’s expansive Belt and Road Initiative.
The economic relationships between Sub-Saharan Africa and China have intensified spectacularly since the end of the twentieth century, with China becoming the region's largest trade partner…
In what ways are Chinese actors aiding in conflict mediation and peaceful development efforts and how are they exacerbating conflicts and undermining human security in Africa? Three early career…
Over the past year, the members of the Africa-China Research Group on Digital Infrastructure completed their research around Chinese interactions with different aspects of African digital development…
China is now an important peace and security actor on the African continent. It is the largest contributor of UN Peacekeeping troops among the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council and has…
In Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism (2024), Mingwei Huang traces the development of new forms of racial capitalism in the twenty-first century. Through fieldwork in one of the “China malls” that has…
As the impact of the new Trump administration’s Executive Orders comes into focus, the Georgetown University Africa-China Initiative gathered experts for a webinar to consider the respective roles of…
