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Book SynopsisIn South Africa-China Relations: Between Aspiration and Reality in a New Global Order, Phiwokuhle Mnyandu analyzes South Africa-China relations in the context of South Africa’s quest to reduce unemployment and transform its economy to ensure lasting social stability. Mnyandu uses trade patterns, analyses of governmental organizations and initiatives, and other socio-economic data to determine the extent to which developmental change or stasis has taken place as relations between South Africa and China have deepened. Tracing South Africa’s changing attitudes and policies towards China’s involvement, the impact of programs involving commodities trades on unemployment, and the prospective outcomes of an endogenous developmental policy, Mnyandu concludes by proposing a quadri-linear model as a tool for more comprehensive analyses of China’s relations not only with South Africa, but other African countries as well to avoid di-information on Africa-China issues.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1: Dynastic Era–1949: From Allusive to Attenuated Contact
Chapter 2: 1949–1998: Contested China, Contested Liberation
Chapter 3: South Africa, China, and the African ‘De-naissance’
Chapter 4: A Farewell to Alms?: Pretoria Looks East
Chapter 5: China’s Economic Growth and South Africa’s Unemployment
Chapter 6: Yiwu: Can it Make a Dent on South Africa’s Unemployment?
Chapter 7: Prospects for a Developmental State in the Time of China
Conclusion
