Synopses & Reviews
In recent years, China and India have become the most important economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on Africa's economic transformation. This book examines in detail the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China and India from a stronger and more informed platform.
About the Author
Fantu Cheru is Research Director and Cyril Obi is a Senior Researcher at The Nordic Africa Institute.
Table of Contents
Foreword - Gunilla Carlsson * Introduction: ‘Africa in the 21st Century: Strategic and Development Challenges - Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi * Part 1: China and Africa as Emerging Giants * China, India and (South) Africa: What international relations/political economy in the second decade of the 21st century? - Timothy M Shaw * The Military Dimensions of Africas New Status in Global Geopolitics - Daniel Volman * Part 2. India, China and Africa Relations: Historial and Cultural Platforms * India and Africa: Historical and cultural relations - Ajay Dubey * Sino-African Development Cooperation through Cultural Prism - Liu Haifang * The Growing Shadow of the Tiger: Indias burgeoning African engagements - Sanusha Naidu * Part 3. China and India's Growth Surge * China and Indias Growth Surge: The Case of Manufactured Exports - Alemayehu Geda and Atnafu G. Meskel * Chinese Investment in African Network Industries - Peter Draper, Tsidiso Disenyana and Philip Alves * Knocking on a Wide Open Door: Chinese Investments in Africa, the Case of Zambia - Peter Kragelund * Part 4: The Conflict Development and Peacekeeping Nexus * Chinas Evolving Approach toward Peacekeeping Operations in Africa - Chin-Hao Huang * The African Union, China and Peace Operations: defining a new partnership - Kwesi Aning * Darfur Issue and Chinas Role - Dr. He Wenping * Part 5. The Scramble for Africa's Oil and Mineral Resources * African Oil in the Energy Security Calculations of China and India - Cyril Obi * China and India in Angola: Differing Strategies - Alex Vines * China, India and the Politics of Expansive Engagement in Sudan - Daniel Large * Part 6: Riding High on Neoliberalism: Chinese Penetration of Local Markets * Women Traders Responses to the Entry of Chinese Wax Prints in Accra, Ghana, and Lome, Togo - L. Axelsson and Nina Sylvanus * Sino-Zambia Relations: Turbulence in the ‘all weather Friendship - Frederick Mutesa * China-Africa: The Impact of Bilateral Investent Treaties on Africas Regional Integration - Yenkong-Ngangjoh-Hodu and Francis Botchway * Part 7: Engaging China and India from a Stronger Platform: The Way Forward! * South-South Strategic Bases for Africa to Engage with China-in-Africa - Dot Keet * Engaging China from a position of Stronger Platform: What future for the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)? - Fantu Cheru and Magnus Calais