1st Edition

China and Africa Development Relations

Edited By Christopher M. Dent Copyright 2011
208 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

China is among a number of large developing country or new powers on the ascendance in the international system, all of which are deepening their economic relations with Africa However, China is the largest and most powerful of this group. it has sought closer economic relationships with other developing country regions and continents such as Latin America and Central Asia, but it is with Africa... Read more

Part 1: China, Africa and International Development  1. Africa and China: A New Kind of Development Partnership? Christopher M. Dent  2. China-Africa and the West: Ideology, Conditionality, Realpolitik: What is New in South–South Co-operation? Uwe Wissenbach  3. Towards a Critical Geo-Politics of China’s Engagement with African Development Marcus Power and Giles Mohan  4. Chinese Soft Power, Insecurity Studies, Myopia and Fantasy Shogo Suzuki  Part 2: Country Case Study Perspectives  5. The End of Abstraction: China’s Development Relations With Sudan Daniel Large  6. Chinese Development Co-operation and Africa: The Case of Tembisa’s Friendship Town Chris Alden and Anna Ying Chen  Part 3: Resource Sector Perspectives  7. China’s Structural Demand and the Commodity Super Cycle: Implications for Africa Masuma Farooki  8. China’s Energy Diplomacy in Africa: The Convergence of National and Corporate Interests Zhang Chi  Part 4: Conclusion: Africa, China and Development Relations  9. China, Africa and Conceptualising Development Relations Christopher M. Dent

Biography

Christopher M. Dent is a Professor in East Asia's International Political Economy at the University of Leeds, UK.