The Paradox of China’s Policy in Africa

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" The Paradox of China’s Policy in Africa "
Seifudein Adem

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1063787
Doc. No	:	LA107416
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156921010X515996‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Seifudein Adem
Title & Author	:	The Paradox of China’s Policy in Africa [Article]\ Seifudein Adem
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	African and Asian Studies
Date	:	2010
Volume/ Issue Number	:	9/3
Page No	:	334–355
Abstract	:	In many cases it was China’s longstanding solidarity with several liberation movements in Africa in the colonial period which was later upgraded to bilateral and state-level diplomatic relations in the postcolonial era. However, the twenty-first century has also brought about quantitative and potentially qualitative changes in Sino-African relations which are more complex than what the advocates of stronger Sino-African relations (Sino-optimists) and proponents of disengagement (Sino-pessimists) seem to suggest. The defining patterns of China’s influence in Africa are either not yet fully crystallized or they come in paradoxical pairs. The essay spells out the manifestations of these paradoxes and what can be done under the circumstances to improve the African condition. The divergent schools of thought about the possible impacts of China’s increased activities in Africa seem not to be totally unrelated to their underlying assumptions about the causes of Africa’s unsuccessful modernization. The essay also explores these intellectual issues by focusing on the contradictory dimensions of Afro-Chinese relations. In many cases it was China’s longstanding solidarity with several liberation movements in Africa in the colonial period which was later upgraded to bilateral and state-level diplomatic relations in the postcolonial era. However, the twenty-first century has also brought about quantitative and potentially qualitative changes in Sino-African relations which are more complex than what the advocates of stronger Sino-African relations (Sino-optimists) and proponents of disengagement (Sino-pessimists) seem to suggest. The defining patterns of China’s influence in Africa are either not yet fully crystallized or they come in paradoxical pairs. The essay spells out the manifestations of these paradoxes and what can be done under the circumstances to improve the African condition. The divergent schools of thought about the possible impacts of China’s increased activities in Africa seem not to be totally unrelated to their underlying assumptions about the causes of Africa’s unsuccessful modernization. The essay also explores these intellectual issues by focusing on the contradictory dimensions of Afro-Chinese relations.
Descriptor	:	Africa
Descriptor	:	Afro-Asianism
Descriptor	:	Afro-Chinese Relations
Descriptor	:	China
Descriptor	:	Political Economy
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156921010X515996‬