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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807848803321

Autore

Taylor Ian <1969-2021, >

Titolo

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) / / Ian Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-85342-1

1-136-85343-X

1-283-04213-4

9786613042132

0-203-83500-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Collana

Routledge global institutions ; ; 48

Disciplina

303.48/25106

Soggetti

China Relations Africa Congresses

Africa Relations China Congresses

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; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction and historical context; 1 Contemporary Sino-African relations; 2 FOCAC I, 2000; 3 FOCAC II, 2003; 4 FOCAC III, 2006; 5 FOCAC IV, 2009; 6 FOCAC: Where to now?; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The increase in China's economic and political involvement in Africa is arguably the most momentous development on the continent since the end of the Cold War. This book seeks to detail the origins, structure, workings and activities of The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and its development over the last nine years. Mindful of the growing realisation that Africa is to play an increasingly important role in global energy politics, Ian Taylor provides a clear and detailed overview of an organisation that has been generally overlooked, despite the exponential