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China and Congo : Friends in Need
A report by Global Witness on the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 2011

Global Witness investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource-related conflict and corruption and associated environmental and human rights abuses. Our investigations and lobbying have played a key role in the establishment of the major international initiatives addressing these issues, including the Kimberley Process and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Global Witness has had a campaign for better governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2001. We have published numerous reports on the problems surrounding the natural resource sectors including, for example, the artisanal mining sector in Katanga province and the links between the mineral trade and conflict in North and South Kivu, including the role of Western-based companies. See www.globalwitness.org for more information.

Cover photograph © Frederic J. Brown/AFP

MARCH 2011 | China and Congo : Friends in need



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1. Summary ..................................................................................................................................................4 2. recommendationS ..............................................................................................................................8 To the Congolese government and its Chinese state partners .................................................................8 To the Congolese government and Congolese state companies ..............................................................8 To the Chinese government ....................................................................................................................8 To the Group of Chinese Enterprises .......................................................................................................8 3. introduction
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