It has long been assumed that no solution exists. For decades, Chinese and foreign experts in Beijing have wrestled over evermore elaborate micro-creditschemes with the sole aim of raising the Chinese peasant out of p...It has long been assumed that no solution exists. For decades, Chinese and foreign experts in Beijing have wrestled over evermore elaborate micro-creditschemes with the sole aim of raising the Chinese peasant out of poverty, yet the peasants are too poor to present any collateral to get the loan.展开更多
A major shift in Africa＇s dynamics took place on April 6, 2014, when Nigeria became the continent＇s major economy, surpassing South Africa for the first time. Nigeria＇s National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） said it...A major shift in Africa＇s dynamics took place on April 6, 2014, when Nigeria became the continent＇s major economy, surpassing South Africa for the first time. Nigeria＇s National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） said it had revised the estimate of its gross do-mestic product （GDP） to 80.3 trillion naira （close to $510 billion）. The figure puts Nigeria＇s economy at 26th globally. This was the first time the country had calculated its GDP in 24 years,展开更多
THE death in October of a 16-year-old Chinese gold miner in Ghana, along with the arrest of over 90 of his colleagues, has once again shone a spotlight on the plight of Chinese workers in Africa.
文摘It has long been assumed that no solution exists. For decades, Chinese and foreign experts in Beijing have wrestled over evermore elaborate micro-creditschemes with the sole aim of raising the Chinese peasant out of poverty, yet the peasants are too poor to present any collateral to get the loan.
文摘A major shift in Africa＇s dynamics took place on April 6, 2014, when Nigeria became the continent＇s major economy, surpassing South Africa for the first time. Nigeria＇s National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） said it had revised the estimate of its gross do-mestic product （GDP） to 80.3 trillion naira （close to $510 billion）. The figure puts Nigeria＇s economy at 26th globally. This was the first time the country had calculated its GDP in 24 years,
文摘THE death in October of a 16-year-old Chinese gold miner in Ghana, along with the arrest of over 90 of his colleagues, has once again shone a spotlight on the plight of Chinese workers in Africa.
