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In this week's edition of the Emerging Powers News Round-Up, read a comprehensive list of news stories and opinion pieces related to China, India and other emerging powers...

1. General

Uganda's Chinese, Indian, Somali Immigrants on the run
The East African nation claims that foreigners, particularly Somalis and Asians, moved to Uganda claiming they were large investors, yet they moved into "petty trade" depriving locals. This has seen several illegal immigrants going into hiding following the government's decision to arrest and deport them. The Foreign nationals are reportedly avoiding being seen in public after an official from the Ministry of Trade, Levi Adra said Ugandan traders had complained that they were losing business to illegal immigrants.
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2. China in Africa

Congo Rep says China interested in economic zones
China has signalled it could help finance construction of the four special economic zones (SEZs) on which Congo Republic is banking to diversify its economy away from oil, the central African country said on Sunday. The four SEZ sites are due to be launched next year, and Congo has already charged Singapore Cooperation Enterprise to create feasibility studies for the projects.
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CNMC making massive Zambia investment increase
The China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co Ltd (CNMC) plans to significantly increase its investment in Zambia, over the next few years, by the equivalent of what it has spent there over the past 12 years, according to a senior executive of the company. CNMC, one of the earliest Chinese companies in the non-ferrous metals industry to adopt a "go-aboard" policy, plans to make a nearly $2-billion investment in Zambia, during the 2011-2015 period, its vice-president, Tao Xinghu, said.
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China seeks to invest USD 700 million into Zimbabwe mining sector
It is reported that as the Chinese appetite for natural resources continues to grow, Zambia’s neighbor, Zimbabwe has joined hands with various Chinese investors and secured loans worth more than USD 700 million who are interested in the extracting and processing of minerals in that country. Prince Mupazviriho permanent secretary of mines and mining development said while speaking in the aftermath of his recent visit to China that he and his delegation were overwhelmed by the enquiries from investors willing to invest in the country’s mining sector.
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Chinese in diamond challenge to Harare
China's interest in Zimbabwe's alluvial diamond mining is posing a challenge to Harare. Zimbabwe last year said it would take over all alluvial diamond activities in the country. Savior Kasukuwere, the Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, said alluvial diamonds were the preserve of the state and "must benefit the people of Zimbabwe".
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East Africa bloc looks to China for funding
The East African Community (EAC) has pleaded to China to invest in its infrastructural projects which it says require approximately $80 billion up to 2018. Secretary general Richard Sezibera said governments in the region were reforming in order to encourage private partnerships with the public sector targeting infrastructure development. He said during a visit of a delegation of China to the EAC headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania this week that the investment required for the dilapidated infrastructure cannot be raised in the region alone.
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Chinese banking heavyweight opens Cape Town office
Standard Bank's 20% shareholder the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has expanded its presence in SA by opening a representative office in Cape Town. Launched on Thursday, the aim of the office was to strengthen ICBC's ties with Standard Bank and to deepen its understanding of the African markets in general, said ICBC chairman Jiang Jianqing. ICBC is one of China's big four state-owned banks and is the largest in the world in terms of profit and market capitalisation.
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US diplomat tells China to act responsibly in Africa
The top US diplomat for Africa said Tuesday that China should act responsibly on the continent as it buys up African oil, gas and minerals to fuel its booming economy. Speaking after his return from US-China talks on Africa, Johnnie Carson, assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said his message to Beijing is: "Act as a responsible player."
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Ghana arrests 24 Chinese 'illegal' miners
Ghana’s Immigration Service (GIS) has ordered the arrest of 24 Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities, locally called ‘gallamsey’. GIS official Francis Palmdeti further said the 24 had entered the country illegally and had neither residence nor work permits. A profile of all of them showed they came from Guangxi Province of China.
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3. India in Africa

India-Africa strategic dialogue begins Thursday
Months after the second Africa-India forum summit, a host of experts, academics and retired diplomats will gather here Thursday for a two-day conference that seeks to expand the strategic dialogue between two of the fast growing regions of the world and firm up a road-map for accelerating this crucial engagement. The conference, organised by defence ministry-funded think tank Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, will kick off Thursday with an inaugural address by M. Ganapathi, secretary (West) and the senior-most official in charge of Africa in India's external affairs ministry.
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South Africa and India sign programme of cooperation
The Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, signed a programme of cooperation with her Indian counterpart, the Minister of Science, Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, in Cape Town, on 13 November 2011. South Africa's science and technology relations with India were formalised through the signing of an agreement on scientific and technological cooperation in July 1995. The agreement is implemented through a programme of cooperation, which is renewed every three years. The first programme of cooperation was signed in March 2001 and the second in February 2008.
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4. In Other Emerging Powers News
Brazil wants to consolidate partnership with Angola
The Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and External Trade, Fernando Pimentel, said Wednesday in Luanda that his country wants to continue to be an active partner in the development of Angola, in particular, and Africa in general. Speaking at the opening of the third edition of the exhibition dubbed "Brasil Casas Design", Fernando Pimentel said there are strong ties and friendship between Angolans and Brazilians.
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Brazil has a US$5 billion credit line for Angolan mining and industry
The Angolan mining and industrial sectors stand to benefit substantially from the news that Brazil has a credit line for Angola of over US$5 billion, which may be increased if necessary, according to the country’s minister for development, industry and foreign trade.
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SA backs Brics common currency plan
South Africa is backing plans for a single currency unit within the exclusive Brics grouping that the emerging giants could use to trade among themselves and circumvent the need for euro and dollar conversions. The idea, first mooted in April when South Africa joined Brazil, Russia, India and China as a member of the group, could cause consternation given the eurozone crisis, which has brought into question the wisdom of single monetary units not backed by a centralised fiscus.
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On COP17 Climate Change Conference, Brazil Keeping The Faith
A signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, Brazil has its own set of national laws that bind the country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and invest in new, cleaner tech. The country’s ambassador for the UN Climate Change Conference, Luis Alberto Figueiredo Machado, said that the country feels no pressure to reduce carbon emissions to meet international Kyoto agreements. They’re going to meet those goals easily.
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China urges progress on financing for $100 billion climate change fund
China is worried the financial crisis is draining contributions to a multibillion-dollar global warming fund but hopes basic financing to help developing countries deal with climate change can be hammered out this month. Delegates at a U.N.-sponsored climate change conference that starts Nov. 28 in Durban, South Africa, are to consider ways to raise $100 billion a year for the Green Climate Fund. Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission and China’s lead climate official, told a news conference in Beijing that some countries may not be able to pledge as much as originally planned but he hopes there will be progress in determining how the fund is allocated and managed in the long-term.
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5. Blogs, Opinions, Presentations and Publications

Through Chinese eyes: He Wenping (Part 1)
Armed with your questions, Peter Martin and David Cohen from Sinocentric speak to the Director of African Studies at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, He Wenping.
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Through Chinese eyes: He Wenping (Part 2)
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China’s neutral approach outpaces West in Africa
One of the most talked about issues in the international development and commerce circles today is the rising role of China in Africa. With China and African countries announcing ever increasing areas of cooperation while consolidating engagements already in place, the West has been forced back to the drawing board. The question being asked in Western capitals is "Why and how has China overtaken us as the most preferred economic partner in Africa?"
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Looking to Durban: China’s Climate Change Policy Progress Since Cancun
As its negotiators head to Durban, South Africa for the next round of the UNFCCC climate negotiations, China can point to significant progress in domestic climate policy since the Cancun negotiations a year ago. March, 2011 saw the adoption of China’s 12th Five-Year Plan, binding domestically China’s first phase of its Copenhagen and Cancun commitments to reduce its carbon intensity 40 to 45 percent by 2020.
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