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Busani Ngcaweni: Selected Key Driving Forces Shaping Global Futures

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Chinese Embassy in Angola hosts 2025 Spring Festival Reception

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China welcomes Nigeria to BRICS, announces RMB130tr GDP in 2024

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China's 2024 export and import volume exceeded $6 trillion, grew by 5%

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Busani Ngcaweni：BRI offers more financing options for major infrastructure projects in Global South countries

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Chinese media industry earnings grow by 8.3% to RMB3.15tr in 2024

Dec

China proposes AI Capacity-Building Action Plan for Good and for All

Dec

Mahama: Ghana has always upheld the one-China policy

Nov

Xi’s APEC, G20 Summit in Peru, Brazil to deepen Global South

Oct

Chinese Money in Africa: Development Treasure not so-called “Debt trap”

Oct

Integrating next-generation voices in FOCAC implementation

Oct

Busani Ngcaweni: China-Africa ties flourish across diverse forums

Oct

He Wenping：Beijing Summit Redefines China-Africa Relations

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Peter Kagwanja: 2024 Focac summit takeaways, and what they mean for Africa

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Busani Ngcaweni：Technology, innovation and efficiency fuel the red dragon

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Allawi Ssemanda: Xi’s Speech Attests to China’s Commitment to a Community of Common Prosperity and a Shared Future

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Ssemanda Abdurahim: Where Does President Xi Jinping’s Speech at the 2024 FOCAC Summit Put Africa?

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Busani Ngcaweni: It is crucial to tell the real China-Africa story

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Chinese Path to Modernization: A Lesson to African Countries

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BRICS: Growing Influence on the Global Stage

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Insights into Chinese Leadership: Lessons for Africa

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The Future of Chinese-African Strategic Relations: Challenges and Opportunities

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Paul Zilungisele Tembe: Expectations for the 2024 Summit of the Forum of China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing

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Kaze Armel: African countries' strategic attitude towards China's BRI

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China-Africa relations under the FOCAC: Multi-dimensional, wide-ranging and in-depth cooperation for mutual benefits

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Peter Kagwanja: 2024 FOCAC Summit Rekindles Humanity's Dream of "Leaving no Civilization Behind"

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Bridging Cultures: Embracing Mutual Learning between China and Africa-Uganda Case study

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Tong Fei: Vision and Practice of China-Africa Belt and Road High-quality Cooperation

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Zhu Weidong: The China International Commercial Court in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative: Operational Mechanism, Practical Su...

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Li Huiruo:Playing with Time: History Writing in Neo-Zionist Hebrew Literature

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Wang Lincong: Global Security Governance from the Perspective of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Dilemma and Way Out

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List of recommended journals and books

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Wang Jinyan，A quantum leap

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Yao Guimei,African Continental Free-Trade Area and China-Africa Economic Cooperation: Impact and Strategy

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Wang Lincong,With Soleimani’s killing, US ups stakes in Middle East

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An Chunying,Development and Changes of the China-Africa Cooperation Model on Poverty Reduction

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Zheng He and Africa

100 Cases of Targeted Poverty Alleviation in China I-III

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A HISTORICAL INSPECTION OF LIBYAN TRIBAL ISSUES

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The Belt and Road Initiative and the “Eight Major Initiatives” of the Forum...

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China in the New Era in the Eyes of Overseas Chinese in Africa

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China in the New Era in the Eyes of African Students

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Towards Building the Highland of People-to-people Exchanges between China and Africa

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Research Institutions on African Studies in China

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Nigeria's 2019 presidential election is a tight race

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A New Approach To Contemporary Kurdish Issue From The Chinese Perspective

Jan

Iran: New Game between China and US in Middle East after Trump’s Election

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Peacekeeping cooperation between UN and AU in Mali and the Central African Republic

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Zheng He’s Westbound Voyages and Sino-African Relationship

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The History of Friendship between China and Arab Countries

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A Case Study of HIPC Initiative in Africa

Jun

Longstanding and Well-Established Sino-Iranian Friendship the Past and Present of The Relationship between China and Iran

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The EU’s New Mediterranean Policy and Its Impact on the South-Mediterranean Countries

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Resource Development and Economic Growth——Case Study of Oil-producing Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

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West Asia and Africa is a bimonthly comprehensive academic journal published by the Institute of West Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Since its first publication in 1980, the journal is devoting to the theoretical, strategic, comprehensive and practical ideas and standards, offering deeper surveys on West Asian and African politics, economies, international relations, histories, religions, cultures, and societies. Updated research articles on international and regional’s current hot issues, and academic frontier relating to these regions are welcome as well.

The journal is the only leading academic platform specialized for publications of China’s West Asian and African studies. All submissions will be under an anonymous dual consideration before acceptance.

Contributions should include: article title, a brief abstract of about 200 words, 3 to 5 keywords, author’s information (author’s name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and email address), the main text, and footnotes.

The journal publishes in Chinese with English abstract. Foreign contributors may submit articles in their first languages, but English is practically welcome. Articles should be more than 15 000 English words. Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions and not under consideration for any other publication at the same time.

Contributors will be paid a pre-tax contribution fee of 1800 RMB ( or 1600 RMB after tax, aproximately 260 USD), and be presented 2 samples of the journal upon the publication of their articles.

All contributions should be addressed to the Editorial Office at: waaa@cass.org.cn

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Guan Zheng

Liu Yang

Bao Mengmeng

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Zhang Hongming

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