Finding the Baoding Villages
Reviewing Chinese Conceptualisation of Sino-African Agricultural Cooperation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7554199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip H P Liu (Graduate Institute of Development Studies, National Chengchi University, Taipei, ROC., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 91-118 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Spectrum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0397 • E-ISSN: 1868-6869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000203971805300205 |
| OpenAlex | W2901666099 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
Scholars usually examine African images of the Chinese to understand African responses to Chinese economic expansion, yet they rarely observe that a constructed image of Africa has been built up in China. That image is intrinsically racist and promotes the idea that Chinese investment can somehow “rescue” Africans from their “laziness.” This paper analyses the enduring legend of the Baoding villages, constructed to persuade the Chinese public that Chinese farmers could easily make their fortunes and win respect in Africa. A review of the history of Sino–African agricultural cooperation reveals that this fabricated narrative was convincing because it reinforced Chinese perceptions of African inferiority and reproduced existing ideologies of foreign aid and propaganda concerning policy effectiveness
Agriculture · China · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ideology · Laziness · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · China's Global Influence and Migration · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · History · International Development and Aid · Law
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African Perspectives on China–Africa Links
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The discourse of race in modern China
The End of Poverty
China's Struggle for Status
Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China
The 1988–89 Nanjing Anti-African Protests
Chinese Farms in Zambia
The End of Poverty
China's Second Continent
Petty Annoyances
Race, Paternalism, and Foreign Aid
Representing HIV/Aids in Africa
China's second continent
China and Africa 1949-1970
Whose aid? Whose influence? China, emerging donors and the silent revolution in development assistance
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |