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The three-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit wrapped up in Beijing on Friday. The big headline from this year's gathering was the announcement that China will provide $50.7 billion in financing to African countries over the next three years. Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the customary mega pledge as part of a ten-point act…

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[GLOBAL SOUTH] Why the U.S. is Struggling to Compete in the Global Competition for Critical Resources 56:54

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U.S. officials have spoken at length about the urgent need to end their country's dependency on China for the critical resources needed to power next-generation mobility and technology. Part of the solution, they say, is to compete directly with the Chinese for lithium, cobalt, and other critical mineral mining rights around the world. The problem …

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[BONUS EPISODE] Chinese, African Perspectives on the FOCAC Summit 59:00

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This year's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit comes at a critical time for governments in both regions. While China is embroiled in an increasingly contentious great power duel with the United States, African governments are under mounting economic and social pressures. These challenges are prompting Chinese and African scholars to w…

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The King And The Kingdom Part 2 - Ps Wellington Dhlamini 37:24

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The King And The Kingdom Part 1 - Ps Wellington Dhlamini 34:59

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David Monyae on the Politics of FOCAC 29:01

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Final preparations are underway for the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, which begins on September 4th in Beijing. This year's event comes at a particularly fraught time amid wars in Europe, the Middle East and the simmering Great Power rivalry between the United States and China. David Monyae, director of the Centre for Africa-Ch…

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The Ministry Of Reconciliation - Ap Allan Bagg 49:13

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[GLOBAL SOUTH] View From Israel: China's Growing Influence in the Middle East 33:26

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In September 2023, just weeks before Hamas' devastating terrorist attack on October 7th, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his foreign policy advisors were preparing for a summit meeting in China with President Xi Jinping. There were even whispers Beijing would help facilitate a rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia much as it did betwe…

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Energy is Going to be the Hot Topic at Upcoming China-Africa Summit 44:58

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African leaders will soon travel to Beijing to participate in the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, which will begin on September 4th. Many of those heads of state will arrive in the Chinese capital with a rather long wish list of infrastructure development projects they're hoping to pitch to Chinese financiers. Many of those initi…

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The Great Harvest - Ps Bert Pretorius 48:05

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I Am A Christian - Ps Bert Pretorius 39:16

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African Priorities at the Upcoming China Summit 54:31

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African leaders and their delegations are making final preparations to travel to Beijing soon for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that will begin on September 4th. This year's gathering comes at a critical time in the relationship between these two regions. African leaders are looking for ways to move their economies up the val…

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[GLOBAL SOUTH] Westlessness: A New Era Where the West Still Matters, Just Not as Much 51:30

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has long touted the East's rise and the West's decline, the kind of thinking that's triggered his supporters to fantasize about a post-Western geopolitical order. While it's indisputable that U.S. and European countries, which represent the foundational pillars of the Western system, have seen their power diminish in th…

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Free Indeed - Ps Judah Van Staden 39:15

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Holy Amnesia - Ps Judah Van Staden 36:58

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China-Africa Summit Preview: What’s on the Agenda for FOCAC 9? 39:12

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The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit is now less than a month away. Chinese President Xi Jinping will host dozens of African leaders in Beijing in the first week of September for the triennial gathering that comes at a critical time for African countries and China. Africa needs China's support for continued infrastructure financing …

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But At Midnight - Ps Glenn Schroder 39:09

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It Is Well - Ps Glenn Schroder 39:22

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Jendayi Frazer on U.S.-China Geopolitical Competition in Africa 45:39

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week on what the U.S. needs to do to better compete with China in Africa and other developing regions. Campbell bluntly told senators Washington "has to do better" to match Chinese finance, trade, and military engagement around the world. But t…

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The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit - Ap Allan Bagg 47:08

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Living Life With The Holy Spirit Part 5 - Ap Allan Bagg 48:34

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[GLOBAL SOUTH] The ASEAN Wonk on Great Power Politics in Southeast Asia 1:00:29

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The foreign ministers from China, the U.S., Japan, and Russia, among others, all passed through the Laotian capital, Vientiane, over the past several days, ostensibly for an ASEAN gathering. But the real action took place on the sidelines of the meeting, where the ministers held a series of bilaterals that revealed the hardening battle lines among …

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A New Vision for European Engagement in Africa (Beyond Confronting China) 53:11

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Europe is Africa's largest trading partner and its largest source of foreign direct investment. But a lot of that economic engagement is powered by inertia, left over from Europe's long, painful history of colonial exploitation in Africa. Just as in the United States, Europe's politics are decidedly inward-looking where Africa, if it's on the agend…

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The Holy Spirit - Our Great Comforter - The Baptism Of Holy Spirit - Ap Allan Bagg 50:14

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Living Life With The Holy Spirit Part 4 - Ap Allan Bagg 53:14

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China-Africa Relations as Seen From the United States 39:36

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As Chinese engagement in Africa steadily increased over the past twenty-five years, the U.S. has struggled to respond. Africa has consistently been a low priority in U.S. foreign policy, even with China's growing presence on the continent, and that's especially true today as events in the Middle East, Russia, and the South China Sea dominate the ag…

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Living Life With The Holy Spirit Part 3 - Ap Allan Bagg 49:29

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Who Gets to Tell the Africa-China Story? 58:29

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So much of the framing of Chinese engagement in Africa is done through the prism of Western media, academia, government, and civil society. Stories about debt traps, malign influence, and exploitation are all firmly embedded in the larger discourse about Africa's relations with China. Conversely, the relationship is also framed in equally binary te…

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Season Of Encounters - Prophet Andre Bronkhorst 32:48

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Loves Greatest Test - Prophet Andre Bronkhorst 17:14

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The Impact of Chinese Overcapacity on Developing Countries 47:12

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South Africa this week joined a growing list of developing countries around the world to introduce tariffs on certain Chinese imports in a bid to protect local producers. Indonesia, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil, among others, also introduced similar duties on Chinese steel and other products. While low-cost Chinese goods are a boon for Global South co…