Although China is making it possible for Africans to visit, study and work in China, it is not asking, or requesting, other countries to emulate it or support its values.

BBC: Viewpoint: Africa must do more to profit from China

Tsinghua University is doing a study on the status of both in China and asked for my comments.

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But as authors William Chandler and Holly Gwin explain in a recent study for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, China's capital markets are extremely small for a country its size.

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And a forthcoming ACCA study of IFRS adoption in China finds that companies with the greatest demand for external capital experienced the most increase in the value relevance of their reported earnings.

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Another study reported that 18 percent of published trials carried out in China in 2004 adequately discussed informed consent for subjects considering participating in research.

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