As Chinese companies build up their extractive activities in Africa, many are finding that the greatest challenge to operational success is weak or unreliable governance in the natural resource sector. In a new report co-funded by Revenue Watch and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, researchers at Stellenbosch University found that, though Chinese company officials were largely unfamiliar with transparency efforts like the EITI, most are interested in initiatives that hold the promise of an improved operating environment. The report, from Stellenbosch's Centre for Chinese Studies, goes beyond recent accounts of the negative effects Chinese activity in Sudan and Zimbabwe, and could offer hope for a broader dialogue with China's industries on natural resource governance.
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