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China in Africa: Strategic Motives and Economic Interests book cover

1st Edition

China in Africa Strategic Motives and Economic Interests

Edited By Suisheng Zhao Copyright 2015
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge
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China’s expansion and growing influence in Africa is arguably the most remarkable global political and economic development in the 21 st century. China’s foray into Africa started in the late 1990s, propelled by its desire to obtain new sources of raw materials and energy for its economic growth, as well as new markets for its manufactured goods. While China’s "no political strings attached"... Read more

Part I: The Debate on China in Africa

1. A Neo-Colonialist Predator or Development Partner? China’s engagement and rebalance in Africa Suisheng Zhao

2. Why Do We Need ‘Myth-Busting’ in the Study of Sino-African Relations? Miwa Hirono and Shogo Suzuki

3. China in Africa: presence, perceptions, and prospects Fei-Ling Wang and Esi A. Elliot

Part II: Strategic Interactions and Motivations

4. China-Africa Cooperation: promises, practice and prospects Sven Grimm

5. China goes to Africa: a strategic move? Jianwei Wang and Jing Zou

6. China’s Libya Evacuation Operation: a new diplomatic imperative – overseas citizen protection Shaio H. Zerba

7. China’s Exceptionalism and the Challenges of Delivering Difference in Africa Chris Alden and Daniel Large

Part III: Business Practices and Economic Relations

8. Bashing ‘the Chinese’: contextualising Zambia’s Collum Coal Mine shooting Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong

9. Workforce Localization among Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Ghana Antoine Kernen and Katy N. Lam

10. Chinese State-owned Enterprises in Africa: ambassadors or freebooters Xu Yi-Chong

11. China-Africa Trade Patterns: causes and consequences Joshua Eisenman

Biography

Suisheng Zhao is Professor and Director of the Centre for China-US Cooperation at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, Colorado, USA, and founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary China.

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