Joshua Kingdom, Author at Development Watch Centre

Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s visit to China Sets a Stage for an Ideal World

Franked by senior officials including his two deputies and several ministers, the Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin visited the People’s Republic of China (PRC) between 3rd and 4th November to attend this year’s China-Russia regular meeting. Having gone on annually since 1996, the consistence of this practice is significant enough on a bilateral level to merit […]

Joshua Kingdom • Nov 11, 2025 • 4 min read

Foreign Policy Analysis

The Legal Basis of China’s Claims over the Province of China

Saturday October 25th will mark fifty four years since the passing of Resolution 2758 by the UN General Assembly. Given the popularity with which it was adopted, and the solidarity that it has continued to garner among countries worldwide, one would have hoped that all concerned actors would have conceded to its legitimacy. Unfortunately, that is […]

Joshua Kingdom • Oct 22, 2025 • 4 min read

Foreign Policy Analysis

Seventy six years on, the Chinese project teaches us dynamism

By Joshua Kingdom According to U.S. Bank, China’s overall exports have increased in recent months despite Trump’s hostility towards the Asian superpower upon re-ascending to the presidency. This was only possible because of Beijing’s decision to reduce its dependence on Washington when the first tariffs were slapped against it back in 2018. The shift in […]

Joshua Kingdom • Sep 29, 2025 • 4 min read

Foreign Policy Analysis

The Place of the Global Governance Initiative in a Rapidly Changing International Political Space

Moments following his inauguration eight months ago, President Trump announced that the United States would be withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the World Health Organization, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. If that was not shocking enough, the assault on other international bodies in the intervening time not least, the International Criminal Court, […]

Joshua Kingdom • Sep 14, 2025 • 4 min read

Foreign Policy Analysis

Eighty Years Later, China Reflects Lessons Learned with Progress Shown

When Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender on September 2nd 1945, the moment marked China’s great triumph over the occupying power. Things had not been easy in the time leading to the event though. For one thing, this particular resistance was the longest standing against fascism anywhere in the world (having started in 1931). To […]

Joshua Kingdom • Sep 9, 2025 • 4 min read

Diplomacy

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Milestones & Looking to the Future

Between August 31st and September 1st, members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met in the Chinese city of Tianjin for this year’s heads of state summit. Several milestones were arrived at during the event and they matter in two broad respects. The first regards the fact that it was a crowning of what has […]

Joshua Kingdom • Sep 6, 2025 • 4 min read

Education support

Education is a Corner Stone of China’s Investment to Uganda

“In order to further strengthen the mutual understanding and friendship between the peoples of China and Uganda, and to further enrich the contents of the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership between China and Uganda, the Chinese Embassy in Uganda welcomes citizens of Uganda to apply for the 2025/26 Chinese Government Scholarship.” This statement appeared in a […]

Joshua Kingdom • Aug 21, 2025 • 4 min read

Foreign Policy Analysis

China is not Colonizing Africa: Prime Minister Sonko’s Reminder is Timely

For the past two decades or so, it has become fashionable for leaders in the west to claim that China’s approach towards Africa is that of colonialism. Being that Africans have perspectives of their own on this issue though, it has become imperative to say how it is it that they view it– and they […]

Joshua Kingdom • Jul 30, 2025 • 4 min read

FOCAC

China-Africa Trade and Economic Expo 2025; Together Toward Modernization

Between Thursday 12th and Sunday 15th this month, Changsha city in Hubei province hosted the fourth China-Africa Trade and Economic Expo (CATE) under the theme “China and Africa: Together Toward Modernization.” Attracting over 750 exhibitors from the African continent, the event was a big success as measured by both its immediate objectives as well as in the grand […]

Joshua Kingdom • Jul 3, 2025 • 4 min read

Foreign Policy Analysis

No Reason to Take Trump’s Claims About China’s Purported Violation of the Geneva Talks

On 2nd June, China publicly responded for the first time to President Trump’s comments that Beijing was acting contrary to the agreement entered by the two countries in Geneva earlier last month. Beijing’s position was explained by the spokesperson of the country’s Ministry of Commerce (MoC), He Yongqian. Being that the pronouncements by the two parties […]

Joshua Kingdom • Jun 17, 2025 • 4 min read