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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785148603321

Titolo

China-Africa development relations / / edited by Christopher M. Dent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-92427-2

1-136-92428-0

1-282-78111-1

9786612781117

0-203-84502-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary China series ; ; 55

Altri autori (Persone)

DentChristopher M. <1965->

Disciplina

327.5106

337.5106

Soggetti

International relations

Economics

China Foreign economic relations Africa

Africa Foreign economic relations China

China Economic policy

Africa Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgement; Preface; Part I: China, Africa and international development; 1 Africa and China: A new kind of development partnership; 2 China-Africa relations and the European Union: Ideology, conditionality, realpolitik and what is new in South-South co-operation; 3 China and the geo-political imagination of African 'development'; 4 Chinese soft power, insecurity studies, myopia and fantasy; Part II: Country case study perspectives; 5 The end of abstraction: China's development relations with Sudan

6 Chinese development co-operation and Africa: The case of Tembisa's Friendship TownPart III: Resource sector perspectives; 7 China's structural demand and commodity prices: Implications for Africa; 8 China's energy diplomacy in Africa: The convergence of national and



corporate interests; Part IV: Conclusion: China, Africa and development relations; 9 China, Africa and conceptualising development relations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 - the continent that hosts more developing countries than any other - that China has fostered the closest links.This book provides an overview of how the China - Africa relationship has evolv