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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsPart 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
