Financing China's engagement in Africa

New State Spaces Along a Variegated Landscape

Bibliographic Data

ID2103499
AuthorsHelen F Siu (corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume89
Issue4
Pages638-661
Publication date2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0001972019000834
OpenAlexW2984528521
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

Recent studies on Chinese investment in Africa have particularly focused on the hardware of development - infrastructure - and its impact. China's vision to forge a new global order was made explicit when Xi declared his 'One Belt, One Road' policy in 2013. Underlying the grand infrastructural schemes and political posturing are hidden financial manoeuvres, the soft side of power, unspoken sociality and value contestations. This article focuses on the variegated landscape of China-Africa trade/finance infrastructure centring on Hong Kong. It highlights top-down state orchestration but also explores historical contingencies that have shaped the strategies of those whose footprints unexpectedly straddle continental divides

Business · China · Corporate governance · Economics · Economy · Geography · Investment (military · Orchestration · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Straddle · China's Global Influence and Migration · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Finance · International Development and Aid · Law

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