In 1998, Chinas aid to Africa was $107 million. By 2004, it had reached $2.7 billion, 26% of its international assistance that year. In 2005, Africa-China trade reached $40 billion, 35% up from the previous year. The continent supplies 30% of China's import of oil and gas. The appetite for raw materials goes beyond oil and gas and China's foreign political strategy is a global one. Will Africa be a pawn or a player in this emerging geopolitical game? Will China's deepening relations with the continent represent a new opportunity for African countries to negotiate a new partnership and skilfully use it to the best advantage of their citizens? These are some of the questions contributors to the volume examine. 208pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY.

Almost every African country today bears the stamp of China's emerging presence, from oil fields in the east and west, to farms in the south, to mines in the centre of the continent. China has cultural agreements with 42 African countries. US$30 billion will change between Chinese and African hands this year. And China's trade and economic assistance to Africa has grown by geometric proportions. The contributors to this book - including Horace Campbell, Michelle Chan-Fishel, Daniel Large, Stephen Marks and Kwesi Kwaa Prah - present African social, historical and cross-continental perspectives on Chinese involvement in Africa in a unique collection of essays. 174pp, UK. FAHAMU & SOLIDARITY FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

China and India's new-found interest in trade and investment with Africa - home to 300 million of the globe's poorest people and the world's most formidable development challenge - presents a significant opportunity for growth and integration of the Sub-Saharan continent into the global economy. This book argues that China and India's South-South commerce with Africa is about far more than natural resources, opening the way for Africa to become a processor of commodi-ties and a competitive supplier of goods and services to these countries - a major departure from its long established relations with the North. 256pp, USA. WORLD BANK PUBLICATIONS.

This book provides an overview of how the China Africa relationship has evolved over the last few decades and examines whether it presents a new paradigm of development relations in the international system. The contributors investigate what is particularly special about the emerging development partnership between Africa and China, and how it may evolve in the future. The contributors focus on various development capacity issues infrastructural, industrial, technocratic, institutional, human capital, sustainable economic practices and consider various debates on development and development ideologies, including whether Chinas practices in Africa pose a challenge to Western conventions on development assistance. 208pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

China's growing engagement with Africa has major implications for both sides, and has added an important strategic context to South--South co-operation. This volume examine this dynamic which takes on added meaning because of the new Sino-South African axis. It argues that Sino-African relations have a long historical pedigree, and that even the vagaries of the Cold War did not suppress continued Chinese support for African nationalist movements. In the current setting, an emerging discourse warns that China's engagement with Africa is driven by its need for raw materials, which could presage a new 'resource imperialism'. However, the authors argue, this view ignores the firm normative framework underpinning China's relationship with Africa, and conclude that, provided this relationship is properly managed, it will greatly benefit both parties as well as other developing countries of the global South. Col photos, 264pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL DIALOGUE.

This book covers Chinese soft and hard power, energy and arms relations, and China's relations with individual African countries: Angola, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Index, tables, charts, 114pp, USA. THE JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION.

With China's rise to the status of world power, trade and political links between Africa and China have been escalating at an astonishing rate. Sino-African relations are set to become an increasingly significant feature of world politics as China's hunger for energy resources grows and many African countries seek a partner that, unlike the West, does not worry about democracy and transparency, or impose political conditions on economic relations. 256pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

China's rapid rise to global prominence has become the cause of much debate, reflection, and concern. This topic is especially relevant and of profound consequence to Africa, given China's considerable and growing presence on the continent and the similarities and differences in circumstances and development trajectories between it and African countries. Central to the debate is whether China's earlier support for independence struggles and development initiatives in Africa is giving way to a more exploitative and self-serving relationship, character-ised by resource imperialism and a disregard for accountable governance and human rights. 287pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL DIALOGUE.

2007 9781919697963 Paperback

Nowhere in the world is China's rapid rise to power more evident than in Africa. From multi-billion dollar investments in oil and minerals to the influx of thousands of merchants, labourers and cheap consumer goods, China's economic and political reach is redefining Africa's traditional ties with the international community. This book investigates the emerging relationship between China and Africa to determine whether this engagement will be that of a development partner, economic competitor or new hegemon. Alden argues that in order to understand Chinese involvement on the continent, we need to recognize the range of economic, diplomatic and security rationales behind Beijing's Africa policy as well as the response of African elites to China's entreaties. Index, notes, 157pp, UK. ZED BOOKS.

Among the specific topics tackled here are China's interest in African oil; military and security relations; the influx and goals of Chinese aid to sub-Saharan Africa; human rights issues; and China's overall strategy in the region. China's insatiable demand for energy and raw materials responds to sub-Saharan Africa's relatively abundant supplies of unprocessed metals, diamonds, and gold, while offering a growing market for Africa's agriculture and light manufactures. Argues that this evolving symbiosis could be the making of Africa, the poorest and most troubled continent, while it further powers China's expansive economic machine. Index, tables, 339pp, USA. BROOKINGS.

China's rise on the international scene over the past few years has correlated with its exponential economic growth. The European Union (EU), the world's largest development aid provider, has been feeling the heat of Beijing's closer ties with Africa. As a result, the EU's overall policy-making towards Africa has suffered from a loss of credibility and this has been further exposed both by the success of China's investments in Africa, and by the favourable response that China's investment proposals have received from African leaders. Dividing the book into five parts, the editors and an outstanding line up of Chinese and European contributors guide the reader through the complexities of China's rising influence in Africa, but also analysing if and how the EU should adapt to this. 294pp, UK. ASHGATE.

24 contributors argue that the geopolitical landscape of contemporary China-Africa relations has provoked wide media interest. After being conspicuously overlooked during the G8's purported `Year of Africa', the topic generated wider debate in the build-up to the China-Africa Summit in Beijing in 2006. Despite this, China's deepening re-engagement with the African continent has been relatively neglected in academic and development policy circles. In particular, the concrete ways in which different Chinese actors are operating in different parts of Africa, their political dynamics and implications for African development as well as Western views of this phenome-non, have yet be explored in depth. Taking its cue from the widely touted 'Chinese Scramble for Africa' and the accompanying claim of a 'new Chinese imperialism', this book moves beyond narrow media-driven concerns to offer a far-ranging survey of China's return to Africa, examin-ing what this new relationship holds for diplomacy, trade and development. Index, 382pp, UK. HURST.

China has now taken Britain's place as Africa's third largest business partner. Where others only see chaos, the Chinese see opportunities. With no colonial past and no political preconditions, China is bringing investment and needed infrastructure to a continent that has been largely ignored by Western companies or nations. Traveling from Beijing to Khartoum, Algiers to Brazzaville, the authors tell the story of China's economic ventures in Africa. 336pp, USA. NATION.

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African oil now accounts for more than 30% of China's oil imports, and China is Africa's second-largest single-country trading partner, as well as a leading lender and infrastructure investor on the continent. Yet these developments are bringing challenges, not only for Africa and the West, but for China as well. This book examines these challenges, considering Africa as a testing ground, both for Chinese companies going global and for a Chinese government that is increasingly having to deal with issues beyond its shores and immediate control. 270pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

New in paperback. Although China denies that it harbours ambitions to become a superpower, its leadership has made clear its intention that the country be a major player in the global arena. Against this backdrop, Ian Taylor explores the nature and implications of China's burgeoning role in Africa. He argues that Beijing is using Africa not only as a source of needed raw materials and potential new markets, but also to bolster its own position on the international stage. After tracing the history of Sino-African relations, he addresses key current issues: What will be the long-term consequences, for example, of China's successes in securing access to the continent's oil? How will cheap Chinese imports affect Africa's manufacturing base? What has been the impact of China's arm sales to Africa? 227pp, USA. LYNNE RIENNER.

China's global expansion is much talked about, but usually from the viewpoint of the West. This collection of essays, written by scholars and activists from China and the global South, provides diverse views on the challenges faced by Africa, Latin America and Asia as a result of China's rise as a significant global economic power. They argue that Chinese aid, trade and investments, driven by the needs of its own economy, present both threats and opportunities for the South, requiring a nuanced analysis that goes beyond simplistic caricatures of good and evil. Contributors include Dorothy-Grace Guerrero, Walden Bello, Luk Tak Chuen, Shalmali Guttal, Yu Xiaogang, Ding Pin, Xu Weizhong, Dot Keet, Barry Sautman, Yan Hairong, Lucy Corkin, Ali Askouri, Yuza Maw Htoon, Khin Zaw Win, Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa, Fu Tao and Peter Bosshard. 258pp, UK. FAHAMU.

In seeking to cultivate external relations with African countries, China has long stressed its commonly shared roots with African nations as a developing country rather than a Western state, and as such the symbolic attraction of China clearly reverberates with many African elites who seem to look on China as a positive development model. However, it should be noted that this has not been embraced solely by dictatorial or authoritarian regimes but in fact Chinas approach to non-interference has struck a chord even with those democratically elected leaders in Africa. While such practices clearly benefit African elites, it is remains doubtful that they do so for ordinary Africans, although sustained analysis suggests that potential exists, albeit hampered by the modalities of governance on the continent. This book brings together experts on the topic to throw light on some of the more contentious aspects of the relationship. 120pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

Chinas increasing interest in Africa calls for sharp analysis of the evolution of civil society dialogue between Chinese and African organisations and the prospects for future engagement. In this book a group of scholars, specialists and activists from China and Africa explore a range of themes around changing Sino-African civil society relations. They examine the impact of Chinese activities in African countries through patterns of investment and effects on the environment, and look at growing trade, aid, labour and immigration. 275pp, UK. PAMBAZUKA.

Focuses on the rapidly growing economic and political influence that China has in Africa. Contributions from sixteen authors from across the continent provide an historical and geo-political context for understanding the evolving partnership between Africa and China. The book features nine detailed country case studies and assesses China's Africa policy and interests in relation to those of other powers. Index, 357pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support for pariah regimes, regiments of Chinese labour, and the ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in some of the poorest countries in the world sparked fierce debates. These debates, however, took place with very few hard facts. Deborah Brautigam tackles the myths and realities, explaining what the Chinese are doing, how they do it, how much aid they give, and how it all fits into their going global strategy. 300pp, UK. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

South Africa and its partners in the Southern African Customs Union, SACU (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) are considering negotiating a free trade agreement with China. Given China's growing economic power, this initiative has far-reaching implications which have to be carefully weighed. This book represents the outcomes of a conference at which researchers, policymakers, and business representatives considered China's meteoric economic rise and what this portends for revised trade relations between that country and SACU. It brings together all the papers delivered at the conference, as well as an authoritative analysis of China's growing consumption of global resources. Tables, charts, 220pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

2005 1919697802 Paperback

China and India's demand for oil and other raw materials to fuel their recent economic development has led to significant trading partnerships with Africa, especially sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). China in particular is becoming a major player on the continent, not only in exports but also in terms of investment and aid flows to SSA countries. Through detailed country-level analysis, this study offers unique contributions to the understanding of the relationship between China, India and SSA. The authors review and assess the economic impacts, identify the challenges involved and provide recommendations to assist policy-makers enhance the ability of SSA countries, individually and regionally, to derive benefits and to take advantage of new opportunities. 90pp, UK. COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT.

Traces the longstanding interaction between these two regions, showing that the Indian Ocean world provides many examples of cultural flows that belie our understanding of globalization as a recent phenomenon. This region has had, and continues to have, an internal integrity that touches the lives of its citizens in their commerce, their cultural exchanges, and their concepts of each other and of themselves in the world. These connections have deep historical roots, and their dynamics are not attributable solely to the effects of European colonialism, modernity, or contemporary globalization - although these forces have left their mark. The contributors to this interdisciplinary volume come from the fields of history, literature, dance, sociology, gender studies, and religion, making this collection unique in its recreation of an entire world too seldom considered as such. Index, b/w illus, 296pp, USA. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Major changes are taking place in the global economy and polity. While China's relationship to Africa is much examined, knowledge and analysis of India's role in Africa has until now been limited but, as a significant global player, India's growing interactions with various African countries call for detailed analysis of the Asian giant's influence and its relations with the African continent. In this original book, which enables readers to compare India to China and other 'rising powers' in Africa, expert African, Indian and western commentators draw on a collection of accessibly written case studies to explore inter-related areas including trade, investment, development aid, civil society relations, security and geopolitics. 240pp, UK. PAMBAZUKA.

In recent years, China and India have become the most important economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on Africa's economic transformation. This book examines in detail the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China and India from a stronger and more informed platform. Index, bib, notes, tables, 276pp, UK. ZED BOOKS.

This insightful book describes China's growing range of activities in Africa and to what extent the Chinese model in Africa can act as an example for the West. 224pp, NETHERLANDS. AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS.

This Institute for Public Policy Research collection of essays addresses different aspects of China's relations with Africa, including the history and politics of the relationship, as well as China's impact on trade and investment, the management of natural resources, human rights and good governance, and peace and security. Tables, charts, 72pp, UK. IPPR.

Focuses on the impact of the growing role of China, on these countries acceptance of Western policies in general and those of the U.S. in particular. It uses recent U.S. attempts to promote democratic governance in countries like Chad, Angola and Sudan to show how China's competing presence in these African petro-states gradually reduced America's leverage over them. It demonstrates that the level of these African countries vulnerability to Washington's policies depends on the intensity of the Sino-U.S. competition within their oil sector. 312pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY.

The continuing expansion of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong (Greater China) has diplomatic, investment, trade and business implications for Africa. Two of the six chapters are South Africa specific. Acronyms, endnotes, tables, figs, ix, 67pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

2004 1919969268 Paperback