Abstract China’s trade relations with Africa have displayed a striking dynamism in the past decade. The spatial distribution of these trade flows is highly uneven:…
Topic: Political Economy
Summary In this revelatory examination of the most overlooked force that is changing the face of China, the Oxford historian and scholar of modern Asia…
Abstract The 5th Forum for China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in Beijing in July 2012. The Forum, established for the first time in…
Abstract Relations between Chad and China have expanded and deepened since diplomaticties were resumed in August 2006. Growing links have been underpinned by Chinese oil…
Abstract Mauritius is probably the most agile economy in Africa. Its success has been based upon its ability to liberalise and diversify away from a…
Abstract Since 1995, China and Ethiopia have gradually forged close relations. On both sides, the establishment of this partnership was motivated as much by diplomatic,…
Summary Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as…
Abstract China’s rapidly growing economic engagement with other developing countries has aroused intense debates, but these debates have often generated more heat than light. The…
Abstract There is a scene in “Patton” where the general is speaking to a ladies club in England. He opines that as the British and…
Summary This comprehensive overview of the modern Chinese economy by a noted expert on China’s economic development offers a quality and breadth of coverage not…
Summary China’s rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China’s…
Continue reading Andrews-Speed, Philip, and Roland Dannreuther
Summary This volume explores the complex interrelationships among China, the United States, and the Middle East—what the authors call the “vital triangle.” There is surely…
Summary 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…
Continue reading Alden, Christopher, Daniel Large, and Ricardo de Oliveira, eds
Abstract The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was established in 2000. It is a multilateral platform for exchange and cooperation between China and African countries…
Continue reading Anshan, Li, Liu Haifang, Pan Huaqiong, Zeng Aiping, and He Wenping
Summary A dense but rather repetitive study of Chinese Communist foreign relations and internal policy conflicts by the author of a major “”standard”” work, Communist…
