ISBN:
0415556937
,
9780415556934
Language:
English
Pages:
271 S.
,
Kt.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Adelphi 404/405
Series Statement:
Adelphi
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Raine, Sarah China's African challenges
DDC:
327.5106
Keywords:
China
;
Afrika
;
Außenpolitik
;
Ökonomie
;
Rohstoffe/Ressourcen
;
Dritte Welt/Entwicklungspolitik
;
Africa
;
foreign policy
;
economy
;
raw materials/natural resources
;
Third World/development policy
;
China Foreign relations
;
Africa Foreign relations
;
China Foreign economic relations
;
Africa Foreign economic relations
;
China
;
Außenpolitik
;
Afrika
;
Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
Abstract:
China's relations with African nationals have changed dramatically over the past decade. African oil now accounts for more than 30% of China's oil imports, and China is Africa's second-largest single-country trading partner, as well as a leading lender and infrastructure investor on the continent. Yet these developments are bringing challenges, not only for Africa and the West, but for China as well. This book examines these challenges, considering Africa as a testing ground, both for Chinese companies 'going global' and for a Chinese government that is increasingly having to deal with issues beyond its shores and immediate control. What does China need to do to protect and develop its African engagements, concerns from Western actors in Africa, and the rival presence of other emerging actors? How sustainable is the momentum that China has established in its African ventures? China's adaptations to the challenges it is facing in Africa are examined and assessed, as are the implications of these changes for China, Africa and the West. China's African engagements are certainly changing Africa, but could they also be changing China?
Abstract:
China's relations with African nationals have changed dramatically over the past decade. African oil now accounts for more than 30% of China's oil imports, and China is Africa's second-largest single-country trading partner, as well as a leading lender and infrastructure investor on the continent. Yet these developments are bringing challenges, not only for Africa and the West, but for China as well. This book examines these challenges, considering Africa as a testing ground, both for Chinese companies 'going global' and for a Chinese government that is increasingly having to deal with issues beyond its shores and immediate control. What does China need to do to protect and develop its African engagements, concerns from Western actors in Africa, and the rival presence of other emerging actors? How sustainable is the momentum that China has established in its African ventures? China's adaptations to the challenges it is facing in Africa are examined and assessed, as are the implications of these changes for China, Africa and the West. China's African engagements are certainly changing Africa, but could they also be changing China?
Description / Table of Contents:
Contextualising today's Sino-African relations -- Managing China's African relations -- Adapting to the challenges of maturing commercial relations -- Adapting to the political challenges of commercial relations -- Dealing with the implications.
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