研究报告:埃塞俄比亚中国企业应对国际媒体、建立企业形象的对策研究

中埃经济合作始于1971年,到2017年双边贸易额达到30.2亿美元。中国是埃塞第一大贸易伙伴、第一大投资来源国和第一大工程承包方。 埃塞俄比亚投资委员会公布的数据显示,从2012年1月至2017年1月,有279家中国企业在埃塞开展业务活动。这279家中企在埃塞登记的注册资金达5.72亿美元,为埃塞创造了约两万个长期工作岗位和8000多个临时性工作岗位。 Continue reading 研究报告:埃塞俄比亚中国企业应对国际媒体、建立企业形象的对策研究

避之不及又难以割舍—-中国文化之于越南

越南,顾名思义,其名称取百越之南之意。在古代,中国人使用汉字、尊奉儒家、采用科举取士,越南也都有样学样。哪怕到了现代,据不少老一辈越南人回忆,越南共产党的许多思想和政策都是效法毛泽东的,这些无不让我们中国人对自己的文化感到自信,也理所当然的认为越南文化和中国文化具有高度的同质性。但是,这种想法是否准确却是个有待论证的问题。文化的传播与接受的过程实际上充满了斗争与纠结、爱与恨、恩与怨,时至今日亦是如此。 Continue reading 避之不及又难以割舍—-中国文化之于越南

Can Making Artwork Empower Women in Kenya? A Dispatch from Three Organizations

“No one is too poor to give away something, and I want to help poor women,” said an educator who has been working on empowering women by teaching them how to make handicraft for eight years in Kenya. Low educational attainment and social status keep many women at the bottom cadres of the labor force and marginal roles of the economy in many African countries. … Continue reading Can Making Artwork Empower Women in Kenya? A Dispatch from Three Organizations

The Kenya Construction Industry Trade Union: A Friend for African Workers, a “Stranger” for Chinese Companies

“Trade unions always incite workers to make trouble, and ask us for more money. They really cause me a headache.” That is the commonly held perception of trade unions by project managers of Chinese construction companies in Kenya. According to the Kenya Labor Relations Act, a trade union is an association of employees whose principal goal is to regulate relations between employees and employers. Employees … Continue reading The Kenya Construction Industry Trade Union: A Friend for African Workers, a “Stranger” for Chinese Companies

Behind the SGR Racism Scandal: The Challenge of Communication Between Chinese and Kenyans

In the last several decades, Chinese investment, trade, and aid in Kenya have considerably increased. Under China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has been regarded as one of the most remarkable achievements of cooperation between China and Kenya, creating approximately 25,000 job positions for Kenyan locals. Nevertheless, conflicts have emerged out of this cooperation. On July 8, 2018, The Standard, … Continue reading Behind the SGR Racism Scandal: The Challenge of Communication Between Chinese and Kenyans