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São Tomé e Príncipe
12 October 2022

Brazil and Portugal economies quicken, other PSCs slow – IMF
The International Monetary Fund raised its 2022 economic growth forecasts for Brazil and Portugal, while lowering those for the majority of African Portuguese-speaking Countries.
27 September 2022

Sao Tome Government delivers 60 apartments built by China
The Government of São Tomé e Príncipe delivered 60 apartments built by China to future buyers, ensuring the completion of the process “smoothly” and “without complaints”.
23 September 2022

The Global Uncertainties and Structural Weaknesses of the Sao Tome Economy*
*Osíris Fernandes de Jesus Costa São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) faces challenges that are typical to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and that affect their ability to deal with shocks. These adverse events always generate significant budgetary imbalances, and force the authorities to adopt fiscal restraint measures in the medium term, which penalizes growth and employment.
22 September 2022

The New Chinese Military Strategy in Africa*
Luís Manuel Brás Bernardino* Popular Republic of China is, by many specialists, recognized as a global actor in the framework of International Relations. As a result of a foreign policy denominated by ‘Going Out Strategy’, launched officially in 2001, China has emerged recently to this reality. More specifically since 2013, after the presentation of its new global connectivity strategy designated by ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, rising not only as an important economic, political and diplomatic player, but also of security, namely in Africa, where its presence is undeniable.
22 September 2022

China’s outward Foreign Direct Investment in Portuguese Speaking Countries and the role of Macau Forum*
José Luís Sales Marques and Hayan Zhang * After the official launching of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) or the so-called Lusophone Commonwealth in 1996, the Chinese government initiated the “Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries” in Macau in 2003, also known as Macau Forum.
19 September 2022

Visual Studies of Infrastructure: the case of the Belt and Road Initiative*
Dennis Zuev* The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become the largest infrastructure program in history, and has become a symbol of growing significance of China and its power.
19 September 2022

Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre (CCCM) – CL Brief collaboration*
Carmen Amado Mendes* The China-Lusophone Brief will publish a series of articles this week, as the result of collaboration with the Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre (also known as CCCM).
14 September 2022

Guangdong-Macao Chinese Medicine Scientific and Industrial Park registers products in Brazil and Mozambique
The Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific and Industrial Park for Guangdong-Macao Cooperation is aiming to promote traditional chinese medicine (TCM) in Portuguese-speaking countries.
16 August 2022

Macau and São Tomé e Príncipe´s Água Grande district become twin cities
The Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China became the twin city of the district of Água Grande, in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.
18 March 2022

China introduces new agricultural techniques in São Tomé and Príncipe
China is introducing new agricultural techniques in São Tomé and Príncipe, in a project to increase output and fight poverty in rural areas.
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