Path to globalization
The South African bank has already started providing renminbi services in association with ICBC, its largest shareholder and strategic partner.
Policymaking in China is often more reactive than proactive, but when short-term reactions are consistent with long-term goals, the motivation doesn't really matter.
Domestic factors should be the main drivers of monetary reforms in China
African tourism on a high as arrivals from China grow at a steady pace
Chinese tourists who want a once-in-a lifetime experience must visit South Africa, says Bradley Brouwer.
Preferential policies are needed to spruce up facilities at important destinations
As China beefs up investment in Africa, economic cooperation between the two parties is growing at breakneck pace, and the same is true of tourism.
African nations must add more Chinese services to attract tourists
For the same reason that practically every major capital in the world contains a Chinatown, there are Chinese cities that support an "Africatown".
Overseas communities of traders sending money back home could eliminate the need for aid in many African countries, suggests a chronicler of the African community in Guangzhou.
Nigerian Lo-d rates his singing by the dancing of the crowds to whom he performs.