John Campbell

Africa in Transition

Campbell tracks political and security developments across sub-Saharan Africa.

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South Sudan and the Chinese

by John Campbell
China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Sudan's First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit in Beijing July 19, 2007. (China Daily/Courtesy Reuters) China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Sudan's First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit in Beijing July 19, 2007. (China Daily/Courtesy Reuters)

The International Crisis Group (ICG) has just issued a must-read analysis of China’s new initiatives in South Sudan. “China’s New Courtship in South Sudan” is a cogent, credible analysis of the tightrope Beijing must walk between Khartoum and Juba in the aftermath of the Sudan split. Most of China’s oil investments in the former Sudan are in the south, and Chinese companies are also salivating over the possibility of participating in the the construction of South Sudan’s now almost absent infrastructure. The ICG reminds its readership that the number of Chinese in the South Sudan has spiked over the past year. But, China has been a close ally of Khartoum in the past, and the memory of that reality is a factor in Juba and likely a brake on Beijing’s ambitions. Read more »

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