Issue 62 of the China Monitor looks at Chinese infrastructure projects in African countries and concerns that exist particularly over Chinese respect for both environmental and labour standards.
In the Policy Watch, Oliver Hensengerth and Waltina Scheumann look at the Bui dam in Ghana, a source of renewable energy that nevertheless comes with environmental and social challenges.
For the Commentary piece, Lisa Sodalo explores labour standards in Sino-Cameroonian construction. Both pieces are building on empirical, on-the-spot research and provide a balanced picture about persistent challenges in Chinese infrastructure projects.
The China Briefing subsequently covers some of the most prominent China-Africa stories from the last month, drawn from our Weekly Briefings
You can read/download Issue 62 of the China Monitor here.