China and Africa

Emerging Challenges to the Geographies of Power

Bibliographic Data

ID5877602
AuthorsEmma Mawdsley (0000-0003-0281-6858, University of Cambridge, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume1
Issue3
Pages405-421
Publication date2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeography Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00019.x
OpenAlexW2081166183
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited40

Over the last few years, China has assiduously pursued stronger economic and diplomatic relations with many Asian, African and Latin American countries. In part, this is fuelled by its extraordinary economic growth, which has led to a boom in domestic resource demand, and the search for profitable markets and investment outlets. China is also seeking diplomatic support in challenging the inequalities of 'global' governance. For better and worse, China's rise will lead to changes in the present structures and loci of power in an uneven world. This review article examines one set of China's 'South-South' interactions through an historical account of Sino-African relations from 1949 to the present day. It points to the complexity of interactions between diverse Chinese and African actors, a range of opportunities and problems, and the dangers of a defensive response from the West, if based on unreflexive and unsophisticated foreign policy analysis

Boom · China · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Foreign direct investment · Geography · Inequality · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · China's Global Influence and Migration · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law