Claire van den Heever, Author at African Arguments

Author: Claire van den Heever

Claire van den Heever

Claire van den Heever is a Mandarin-speaking journalist based in Cape Town, and the author of 'Paint by Numbers: China's Art Factory from Mao to Now'. Follow her on Twitter at @clairevdh.

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By Claire van den Heever
June 25, 2018
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Author: Claire van den Heever

Claire van den Heever

“It started as hype”: Chinese spreads fast in Africa as language of success