Sino-Cameroon relations: a foreign policy of pragmatism

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Title:	Sino-Cameroon relations: a foreign policy of pragmatism
Author:	Amin, Julius A.
Year:	2015
Periodical:	African Studies Review (ISSN 1555-2462)
Volume:	58
Issue:	3
Pages:	171-189
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Cameroon China
Subjects:	international relations foreign policy
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2015.72
Abstract:	Based on primary sources, including documents obtained from Cameroon's Ministry of External Relations, oral interviews conducted in Cameroon, local newspapers, and a variety of secondary sources, this article examines Cameroon's foreign policy and economic relations with China. It argues that Cameroon's engagement with China has resulted in short-term benefits for consumers but undermined long-term, sustainable economic development. The article concludes that unless China genuinely pursues its promised policies of 'mutual respect' and 'win-win gain', voices of protest will only grow louder in Cameroon and other African nations. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]