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São Tomé and Príncipe
02 March 2022

Chinese lenders imposing more stringent collateral requirements on low-income country borrowers
Chinese lenders are imposing even more stringent collateral requirements on low-income country borrowers than previously known, as they seek to hedge risks from their extensive overseas development finance programme.
02 March 2022

China remains Africa’s largest trading partner for 12 consecutive years
Total bilateral trade between China and Africa in 2021 reached USD 254.3 billion, up 35.3 percent year on year, according to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs of China.
15 February 2022

Chinese development banks provided USD 23 billion to finance public-private partnerships in Africa
Chinese development banks provided USD 23 billion to finance public-private partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa, more than some of the world's greatest economies combined from 2007 to 2020, according to a new study.
27 January 2022

A roaring year of the Tiger to all our readers
From January 26 to February 07, the China-Lusophone Brief will pause due to the public holidays in China.
19 January 2022

Central Bank of Brazil ‘the most aggressive’ in inflation containment measures
Cabo Verde is one of only 5 African countries to have vaccinated over 40 per cent of its population, while prospects for Tourism are improving, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).
10 January 2022

Ji Xianzheng is Macau Forum´s new Secretary General
Ji Xianzheng, former Deputy Director of the Department for European Affairs at the China Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), is the the new Secretary General of the Macau Forum Permanent Secretariat.
05 January 2022

Legal Update/ São Tomé e Príncipe: Special Consumption Tax
Sao Tome and Principe has enacted the new law to introduce the Special Consumption Tax (IEC), according to official legal database Legis-PALOP+TL.
15 December 2021

New science-tech cooperation projects inked at China-Africa Innovation Cooperation Conference
The 2021 China-Africa Innovation Cooperation Conference opened this week with a total of 15 scientific and technological cooperation projects with multiple African countries inked.
13 December 2021

Belt and Road Initiative comes to São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe is joining the more than 140 countries included in the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), under a cooperation agreement signed by the government with China. 
13 December 2021

USD 300 billion goal of African imports by China could put them on par with Latin America´s
China´s USD 300 billion goal of African imports, set at the latest Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), could put the continent on par with Latin America, according to AfricaPractice.
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