China' diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa / / edited by Seifudein Adem

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828795603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate Publishing Company, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-315-57168-4; 1-317-16729-5; 1-317-16728-7; 1-4094-4710-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Collana: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series
• Altri autori (Persone): AdemSeifudein
• Disciplina: 327.5106
• Soggetti: China Foreign economic relations Africa, Southern; China Foreign economic relations Africa, Eastern; China Foreign relations Africa, Southern; China Foreign relations Africa, Eastern
• 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: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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