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China’s policy towards Africa over the last year has shown several new trends that illustrate Beijing’s evolving priorities and strategies in the continent that will have significant implications for African Nations.

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  China is above the global average for percentage of women in the workforce as well as in management positions. It was ranked number 32 out of 136 countries for gender equality in “labor force participation” by the World Economic Forum in a 2013 report. It also has a higher percentage of its women employed than does the US, France, or Germany. This includes a fair number of high-earners with several female Chinese self-made billionaires on the Forbes 500 list in recent years.

There are many villages throughout China where Catholicism has been deeply rooted, some since the first Missionaries during the Yuan Dynasty, their practices being strongly identified with the Jesuits. Patricia Calvo ventured to one such village near Xiàn in Shaanxi.

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In comparison with their Western counterparts, China’s former leaders have tended to retain a far more significant influence over politics after their departure from office. With a culture that values the wisdom and experience of the elderly, and a political system in which decisions are made behind closed doors, there has been plenty of room for China’s ex-leaders to flex their political muscles long after their formal retirements.

In January, an anonymous individual contacted U.K. pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline’s senior executives to notify them of systemic abuses in the company’s Chinese operations. In mid-June, Chinese authorities officially accused Glaxo of bribing doctors to sell more of the company’s medicine. The company responded by launching an internal review, along with a promise to fully cooperate with the authorities....

Weixin, which goes under the name WeChat internationally, can attribute this phenomenal success to its chimera-like platform. People can send each other text and voice messages as well as pictures, links and locations. Friends can be added through their QQ or Facebook accounts, their current location or their phone number. For those with a sense of adventure, the ‘shake’ function connects to anybody within a 1000km distance who is also shaking their phone, and the ‘drift bottle’ service initiates completely random encounters.

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China has recently embarked on major infrastructure reforms which will directly affect the aviation, railway and highway industries. As well as giving businesses involved in logistics or construction a huge opportunity for growth and consolidation, the changes will also have serious social implications, especially in the North and West of China where transport networks are still insufficient

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When the Chinese switch on their computers or mobiles and open their internet browser, over 40% of them visit an online literature website. The most popular site is Shanda Literature, which some estimate owns a staggering 85% of all literary resources on the net.Every minute, this company earns 1000 RMB and its authors upload an additional 42,000 new words.