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China, Africa boost legal ties: S. African lawyer_English_Xinhua - 0 views

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  • The lawyers have much work to do because while China has one legal system, the 53 nations which make up Africa each have their own systems. Most are based on either the British legal system, with elements of Roman/Dutch law, or the French legal system.     There is also a strong legacy of Portuguese influence in former colonies. China's civil law system is based on traditional customs and practices, with Soviet and German influence.
  • The lawyers have much work to do because while China has one legal system, the 53 nations which make up Africa each have their own systems. Most are based on either the British legal system, with elements of Roman/Dutch law, or the French legal system.     There is also a strong legacy of Portuguese influence in former colonies. China's civil law system is based on traditional customs and practices, with Soviet and German influence.
  • The lawyers have much work to do because while China has one legal system, the 53 nations which make up Africa each have their own systems. Most are based on either the British legal system, with elements of Roman/Dutch law, or the French legal system.     There is also a strong legacy of Portuguese influence in former colonies. China's civil law system is based on traditional customs and practices, with Soviet and German influence.
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  • She said a major strength of Chinese aid was its orientation to recipient priorities such as infrastructure (telecommunications, energy, roads) and productive sector investments (agriculture).     "Furthermore, Chinese assistance is considered to be relatively predictable assistance because it is disbursed on schedule within the intended financial year."
Arabica Robusta

Pambazuka News : Issue 455 - 0 views

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shared by Arabica Robusta on 02 Nov 09 - Cached
  • greater environmental sensitivity in China has had contradictory effects. Domestic environmental activists, working with sympathetic scientists and government officials, have had some impact. Chinese banks have explicitly adopted environmental guidelines. China imposed strict laws banning logging in virgin forests a decade ago, winning praise from environmental groups. But the ban on domestic logging spurred imports linked to excessive logging in Southeast Asia as well as Africa. China thus stands accused of supporting policies abroad that it rejects at home.
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      Arabica Robusta on 02 Nov 09
       
      "Domestic environmental activists" - in Africa or in China? Whose pressure in particular has persuaded Chinese banks to adopt environmental guidelines?
  • How does the re-branding of Africa as an entrepreneurial space fit with the persistently negative image of the continent’s people?
  • Some white commentators have even claimed that the US has entered a post-racial era, where racism was no longer a factor in defining who you are. I don’t think many African-Americans would have supported that claim, and certainly not those affected by revenge killings after Obama’s election and inauguration.
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  • Firstly, Obama and his family symbolise the ability to transcend narrow racial categorisations in order to unite people for the common good. They challenge the patriarchal systems headed by white alpha-males and show non-white people, especially in North and South America and Europe, the possibilities of transcending the life-paths that have been written for them and a future where they cannot be excluded or bypassed. It may no longer be necessary for Afro-centrics to unearth the contributions that black people have made to Western society and to modernity – they can no longer be written out of history.
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