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Article

9 Dec 2014

Author:
Beth Walker, chinadialogue,
Author:
贝丝 沃尔克,中外对话,
Author:
貝絲沃爾克,中外對話

How Africa is changing Chinese oil companies

Sudan’s civil war and American sanctions against Khartoum in the 1990s opened the oilfields to China and India...But the political turmoil and bloodshed over the division of Africa’s largest country… Indian and Chinese large multinational corporations have used Africa as a launching pad into the global market place…They made hard and soft changes to their security policies based on their experiences of kidnappings, violence and theft in the Sudans…started to change their soft approach and engage politically overseas to improve security…taken part in corporate social responsibility workshops hosted by international NGOs and Sudanese civil society…The Sudan experience also caused Chinese and Indian national oil companies to rethink their overall investment strategy…The biggest negative environmental impact has been the dumping of wastewater from oil production which has killed livestock, caused illness among locals and built resentment against the companies on the ground…Chinese companies need a strong Sudanese government with a clear set of regulations to follow and repercussions if they don’t follow them like any oil company does...