This book examines Sino-African relations and their impact on Africa. It argues that Africa's relationship with China has had a profound impact on key sectors in Africa-economic and political development, the media, infrastructural development, foreign direct investments, loans, debt peonage, and international relations. The authors also analyze the imperialist and neo-colonialist implications of this relationship and discuss the degree to which the relationship is beneficial to Africa.
Sabella O. Abidde is professor of political science at Alabama State University. Tokunbo A. Ayoola is reader and chair in the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies at Anchor University.
Part I: Early Contacts and Connections Chapter 1: Premier Zhou Enlai's Excursions to Africa Chapter 2: The Policy Framework of Sino-African Relations from the Chinese Perspective: A Review of Selected policy papers and agreements Chapter 3: Jamie Monson and the Historiography of China-Africa Relations: Focus on the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Chapter 4: Alliance Systems Redefined: Towards an Explanation of China's Hands-Off Approach to African Politics Chapter 5: The Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: But What Kind of Developmental Power Does China Have? Part II: New-Imperialism or a New World Order Chapter 6: China in Africa: The Fifth Wave of Conquest and Plunder? Chapter 7: Changing Africa-China Relations: Colonialism or Partnership? Chapter 8: Chinese and African Economic Relations: A New World Order or A New Form of Colonialism? Chapter 9: China's Cultural Rapprochement: The Uses of Soft Power as a Form of Building Alliances in Africa Chapter 10: Politics and Governance: China's hands-off approach to African politics Part III: China's Regional Footprints Chapter 11: Reporting the Dragon: A Thematic Study of Anti-Chinese Sentiments in 'China in Africa' News Coverage Chapter 12: Chinese Economic Development Projects in Zimbabwe Chapter 13: The March of the Red Dragon: The Geographic Footprints of Chinese Presence in Africa Chapter 14: China: Africa's new Wise Men from the East? An Analysis of Africa's Non-State and State Actors' Perceptions of China and the Chinese Chapter 15: Chinese Investments in Africa: 'Chopsticks Mercantilism' Conclusion: The Chinese and a Continent Made Fragile by Its Leaders
China in Africa: Imperialism and Partnership in Humanitarian Development provides a platform for unpacking China's historical, multilateral, and bilateral relations with Africa's regions and countries, and for critically examining the most recent trends in China's impact on Africa's development. I recommend this book to scholars, practitioners, and readers with a keen interest in understanding the trajectory of China-Africa relations, and more fundamentally, how to channel the burgeoning relations towards reversing the effects of centuries and decades of Africa's underdevelopment.--Cyril Obi, Social Science Research Council, New York This collection is remarkable for confronting the challenges posed by the rise of China as a global economic and military power which has upset the post-World War II global balance of economic (and military) power. This collection offers insightful perspectives on bilateral and multilateral engagement of African countries with China, in the face of the specter of Chinese re-colonization of Africa through debt peonage.--Ayodeji Olukoju, University of Lagos
