China's new role in Africa and the south: a search for a new perspective

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Title:	China's new role in Africa and the south: a search for a new perspective
Editors:	Guerrero, Dorothy Grace M. Manji, Firoze
Year:	2008
Pages:	258
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Oxford
Publisher:	Fahamu books
ISBN:	9781906387266
Geographic terms:	Africa China Angola Sudan
Subjects:	South-South relations international economic relations foreign investments infrastructure
Abstract:	Collective volume discussing the global expansion of China, written from the point of view of schoars and activists from China and the global South. As well as Africa it also looks at Latin America and Asia. Chapters focusing on Africa: Sino-African relations: new transformations and challenges (Xu Weizhong); The role and impact of Chinese economic operations in Africa (Dot Keet); Friends and interests: China's distinctive links with Africa (Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong); China's strategic infrastructural investments in Africa (Lucy Corkin); Civil society initiative in Africa (Ali Askouri on China's involvement in the Merowe dam project in Sudan); China's interest in Angola's construction and infrastructure sectors (Lucy Corkin). [ASC Leiden abstract]