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    Access to finance: microfinance innovations in the People's Republic of China

    Asian Development Bank, 2015
    From the early 1990s to 2005, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) used a top–down approach to rural finance and microfinance reform and development. The top level policy issues were largely the focus and market issues at the micro level received little attention. This approach could not have sustainable results.
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    Win win partnership? China, Southern Africa and extractive industries

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2012
    The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has prioritised Africa as a strategic partner at both the political and economic levels. According to some observers, the evidence of China’s growing African involvement suggests a strategy devised to secure access to the continent’s abundant resources.
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    Live, talk, faces: an analysis of CCTV’s adaption to the African media market

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014
    The entry of Chinese news media into the African media-sphere has spawned a growing number ofanalyses – both in popular press and academic journals. Although literature is growing, scholarly studies on Chinese media are largely in their formative stages relative to studies on China - Africa links in other social sciences.
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    Navigating the Gulf: China’s balancing strategy

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014
    Due to China’s growing energy needs that stem from its unrelenting economic development, Beijing stresses the importance of maintaining a continuous supply of energy - particularly oil - to maintain its impressive economic growth.
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    China–Zimbabwe relations: a model of China–Africa relations?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    There are two parallel interpretations of the relationship between China and Zimbabwe: on the one hand, it is often viewed as a microcosm of China–Africa relations due to its economic and resource elements; on the other, it is portrayed as an example of China’s support for a ‘pariah regime’ without any consideration of human rights and good governance.
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    Sino-American rivalry in the context of Asia-Pacific economic regionalism

    State University Higher School of Economics,, Russian Federation, 2014
    The rise of Asian regionalism and Sino-American rivalry are determining trends in the Asia-Pacific region. Asian economic indicators remain stable and growing even during the severe global crisis of 2008 and have become more and more comparable to those of developed countries.
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    The People’s Republic of China’s potential growth rate: the long-run constraints

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    The Chinese Communist Party set an ambitious reform agenda for the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011–2015). These reforms are expected to continue during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–2020).
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    What can Africa learn from China's experience in agricultural development

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2014
    Recently there has been a growing interest in China’s rapid economic growth, particularly concerning the role of agriculture and its impact on poverty reduction.
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    China’s industrialization: overview – implications for Africa’s industrialization

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2014
    Within a span of some six decades, especially the three decades after reform and opening up, China has been basically transformed from a traditional agricultural country to a modern industrialised state.
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    Chinese involvement in the Senegalese peanut trade: threat to local markets and processing industries?

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014
    To deal with household socio-economic difficulties in rural areas in Senegal, peanut cultivation was introduced by French colonial powers at the beginning of the 20th century. The cultivation was to enable Senegal’s domestic agricultural economy to generate revenues and contribute to the development of its agro-processing industries.

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