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China's loose of it's soft power face

Image credits- VOA China is emerging as a world power. It supports to build many projects around the world. That is known as the development of soft power. But due to the arrogant nature of the Chinese and their lack of personal skill, China is loosing it's soft power battle,one project at a time. The Diplomat discuss the same in detail in their latest article ( click here to read the entire article)

China in Africa : The Bad ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- David Volodzko)

President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe ( Source- Wikimedia commons / USAF) Source- The Diplomat Author- David Volodzko “Let me be a Hitler tenfold,” President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe said in March 2003 to opponents of his racist campaign against whites. The opposition party led a national strike that week, and Mugabe set the dogs on them. Patricia Mukonda, a opposition secretary, said they broke into her home, beat her, raped her with a baton, and forced her six-year-old son to watch. The United States condemned the attacks, saying they were “directly attributable” to Mugabe’s Hitler remarks, and froze the assets of 77 Zimbabwean officials, including Mugabe, while also working to get food supplies to Zimbabwe’s people. Less than a year later, Fu Ziying, China’s deputy commerce minister, signed an agreement strengthening trade relations between China and Zimbabwe. After meeting with Mugabe, Fu said, “It’s apparent that his Excellency has been very good.” Mugabe’s

Is China A Neocolonial Power In Africa? – Analysis ( Source- Eurasia Review / Author- Alvin Cheng- Hin Lim)

Silk Route (Image credits- Wikimedia Commons) Source- Eurasia Review Author- Alvin Cheng- Hin Lim China-bashing has predictably reemerged as a familiar theme in the current 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, with the frontrunners of both parties attacking China for having committed a myriad of alleged outrages against U.S. interests.1 Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, is of special interest, as she had prominently accused China of engaging in neocolonialism in Africa during her 2011 visit to Zambia in her position at the time as U.S. Secretary of State.2 The Chinese have not forgotten this slight, and the state-owned Xinhua news agency recently published an opinion piece critiquing Clinton’s accusation of China’s alleged neocolonialism, concluding that: “Accusing China of being a neo-colonialist in Africa puts the biased West in an absurd scenario where the robber acts like the cop.”3 As I recounted last year, China has indeed been very active with its va

Africa, China, India – Relationships in Transition? ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Tim Steinecke)

India- Africa Forum Summit ( Image credits- Flickr / MEA official image gallery) Source- The Diplomat Author- Tim Steinecke In late October, the majority of Africa’s heads of state followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation and travelled to New Delhi for the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS). The high-profile summit came at a time when India’s political and economic relations with African states have generally been overshadowed by the more prominent “Sino-African relations,” as all action between China and African states is styled. Many observers were expecting the policy-savvy Modi to use the IAFS to introduce a new era of India-Africa relations, potentially even outlining an Indian strategy to address the perceived omnipresence of China in Africa. While Modi rhetorically made use of the special connections between Africa and India, the summit nevertheless remained within known territory of international approaches to Africa. Modi promised concessional l

10 Essential Facts About Chinese Aid in Africa ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Brad Parks)

Image credits- VOA/ author Source- The National Interest Author- Brad Parks The global development landscape is currently in a period of tumult. A number of developing countries that were once aid recipients are now aid donors, and they represent a growing proportion of the total money spent on international development. China is by far the largest emerging competitor in the global aid market, and its unique way of designing and delivering assistance is challenging the traditional policies and practices of Western powers. More and more money is sloshing around, as well as more players. China now has a robust bilateral aid program, but it’s also helped create alternative sources of multilateral funding for developing countries—namely, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank. Beijing is shaking the foundations of international order put in place by Western powers after World War II. Its attitude towards aid transparency norms is

A U.S.-China Summit Diplomacy Rivalry ( Info courtesy The Diplomat)

Image courtesy- Reuters/Thomas Mokuya To date, U.S. diplomacy has not extended to high-level summits to manage state-to-state relations with countries on the African continent. That is in stark contrast to the approach China has been taken, with its triennial Forum on China-African Cooperation (FOCAC). Now, however, the situation looks ready to change, as President Barack Obama prepares to host the leaders of 47 African countries at a landmark summit, the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, in Washington, D.C. on August 5 and 6 this year.... http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/a-u-s-china-summit-diplomacy-rivalry/