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.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2010
توصيف ظاهري
334-355
عنوان
African and Asian Studies
شماره جلد
9/3
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1569-2108
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Africa
اصطلاح موضوعی
Afro-Asianism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Afro-Chinese Relations
اصطلاح موضوعی
China
اصطلاح موضوعی
Political Economy
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