From hakima at fahamu.org  Mon Jun  9 11:06:53 2008
From: hakima at fahamu.org (Hakima Abbas)
Date: Mon Jun  9 11:08:52 2008
Subject: [China-Africa] Report and More....
Message-ID: <8FF35830-A51C-4F89-89DA-8286B0FF2701@fahamu.org>

Dear all,

Greetings from Fahamu!  Thank you for your invaluable participation  
and contribution to the China in Africa strategy meeting and dialogue.

I am writing today to share with you the summary of the strategy  
meeting (please see attached document: China summary.doc)  and the  
mapping document that was circulated during the meeting.  In order  
for the latter to serve as a repository of information sharing and to  
become a living mapping of China-Africa, we have uploaded the excel  
version to google - all of you subscribed to this list have access to  
view and update the document at: http://tinyurl.com/435vg9

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Among the follow up activities discussed during the strategy meeting  
was the need for coordinated advocacy in preparation for the 2009  
Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to be held in Egypt.  Some  
of you have already expressed interest in participating in the  
development of a joint advocacy strategy and policy briefs - I will  
be in touch very soon to follow up on how we can proceed together.   
For others who are interested in being involved, please email me  
directly at hakima@fahamu.org.  Further, we will be contacting  
participants who expressed interest in forming a steering committee  
to jointly drive the research focus of our organisations.

In the meantime, it might be useful to use this listserve as a means  
of sharing information of common interest etc.  Though the listserve  
is moderated so as to ensure minimal traffic, please do feel free to  
send any information that you feel would be relevant to all of us.

Lastly, please find below some recent news links that we thought may  
be of interest:

1.Chinese merchants set up shop in Morocco: http://tinyurl.com/4s4ljs
2. Chinese Activists Looking to Africa: http://www.csmonitor.com/ 
2007/0521/p01s02-woap.html?page=1
3. Chinese Merchants set up shot in Morocco: http://www.pambazuka.org/ 
en/category/africa_china/47985
4. EU seeks to subdue competitive China: http://www.ipsterraviva.net/ 
europe/article.aspx?id=6082
5. EA lawyers to sue China over Zimbabwe: http://www.nationmedia.com/ 
eastafrican/current/News/newsfc050520080.htm
6. The 10th Anniversary Celebration of Diplomatic Relations between  
China and South Africa: http://www.ccs.org.za/downloads/monitors/China 
%20Monitor_May%202008.pdf
7. East African Delegation to China: http://www.pambazuka.org/ 
aumonitor/comments/1260/
8. After China, India, Japan Calls On Continent: http:// 
www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/comments/1234/
9. ECOWAS - China Cooperation: http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/ 
comments/1220/
10. Dams and Earthquakes in Sichuan: www.ccs.org.za
11. Malawi opens doors wide to Chinese: http://www.africanews.com/ 
site/list_messages/18283

With warm regards,

Hakima




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Ms. Hakima Abbas
Policy Analyst, AU Monitor
Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice
Email: hakima@fahamu.org
Skype: hakima_abbas
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