PUBLIC MARKS with tags g8 & 中国

This week marks the anniversary of the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, which was also the culmination of possibly the largest civil-society mobilisation in history – the campaign to Make Poverty History. Yet one important issue wasn't on the agenda in 2005 even though it was changing the face of development in Africa. What's more, it doesn't seem to be sufficiently on the agenda at the St Petersburg summit on 15-17 July 2006. This is a pity, because it has the potential to shape (for better or worse) the future prospects for growth, investment and governance on the continent. That issue is China.