China's diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
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| Sprache: | English |
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Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont
Ashgate Publishing Company
[2013]
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| Schriftenreihe: | International political economy of new regionalisms series
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword: Africa and China in a "Post-American World"; Preface; 1 The Yellow Man's Burden: Race and Revolution in Sino-African Relations; 2 Trends in Sino-Zambian Relations; 3 China's Somali Piracy Deployment: Strategic Context and Implications; 4 Merchandise Trading between Kenya and China: Implications for the East African Community (EAC); 5 Perspectives on Sino-Tanzanian Relations; 6 Sino-Ugandan Relations: Themes and Issues; 7 A New All-Weather Friend? China's Evolving Relations with South Sudan
- 8 The Logic of China's Diplomacy in Ethiopia9 Impact of the Growing Chinese Foreign Trade on the Economy of Madagascar; 10 China-Zambia Relations; 11 China's Foreign Policy toward Africa from the Bandung Conference to the Twenty-First Century (1955-2011); 12 Conceptualizing China-Africa Relations: A Conclusion; Index
- In contemporary discourse on China-Africa relations, there are three differing perspectives. On one hand Sino-pessimists view China as a giant, feeding on Africa's resources to fuel its own industrialization. On the other hand, Sino-optimists see China as a benevolent state capable of 'developing' the continent. In the middle sit the Sino-pragmatists who remain unsure of what Africa might gain from China-Africa relations. This book introduces a regional approach to the study of China-Africa relations by focusing on Eastern and Southern Africa; and it puts forward a disciplinary framework - dis