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Author | : Howard W. French |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2015-02-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0307946657 |
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A New York Times Notable Book Chinese immigrants of the recent past and unfolding twenty-first century are in search of the African dream. So explains indefatigable traveler Howard W. French, prize-winning investigative journalist and former New York Times bureau chief in Africa and China, in the definitive account of this seismic geopolitical development. China’s burgeoning presence in Africa is already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people. From Liberia to Senegal to Mozambique, in creaky trucks and by back roads, French introduces us to the characters who make up China’s dogged emigrant population: entrepreneurs singlehandedly reshaping African infrastructure, and less-lucky migrants barely scraping by but still convinced of Africa’s opportunities. French’s acute observations offer illuminating insight into the most pressing unknowns of modern Sino-African relations: Why China is making these cultural and economic incursions into the continent; what Africa’s role is in this equation; and what the ramifications for both parties and their people—and the watching world—will be in the foreseeable future. One of the Best Books of the Year at • The Economist • The Guardian • Foreign Affairs
Author | : Howard W. French |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780307956989 |
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Documents the burgeoning Chinese presence in Africa to examine China's potentially world-changing role in reshaping Africa's culture and economy.
Author | : Howard W. French |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307424308 |
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In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that left millions dead. Blending eyewitness reportage with rich historical insight, French searches deeply into the causes of today’s events, illuminating the debilitating legacy of colonization and the abiding hypocrisy and inhumanity of both Western and African political leaders. While he captures the tragedies that have repeatedly befallen Africa’s peoples, French also opens our eyes to the immense possibility that lies in Africa’s complexity, diversity, and myriad cultural strengths. The culmination of twenty-five years of passionate exploration and understanding, this is a powerful and ultimately hopeful book about a fascinating and misunderstood continent.
Author | : Howard W. French |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2017-03-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0385353332 |
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From the former New York Times Asia correspondent and author of China's Second Continent, an incisive investigation of China's ideological development as it becomes an ever more aggressive player in regional and global diplomacy. For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That role, reports Howard French, has been set aside. China has asserted its place among the global heavyweights, revealing its plans for pan-Asian dominance by building its navy, increasing territorial claims to areas like the South China Sea, and diplomatically bullying smaller players. Underlying this attitude is a strain of thinking that casts China's present-day actions in decidedly historical terms, as the path to restoring the dynastic glory of the past. If we understand how that historical identity relates to current actions, in ways ideological, philosophical, and even legal, we can learn to forecast just what kind of global power China stands to become--and to interact wisely with a future peer. Steeped in deeply researched history as well as on-the-ground reporting, this is French at his revelatory best.
Author | : Professor Stephen Chan |
Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2013-05-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1780325681 |
Download The Morality of China in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Edited with authority by the influential and respected Stephen Chan, this unique collection of essays gathers together for the first time both African and Chinese perspectives on China's place in Africa. The book starts with an excellent introductory essay from Stephen Chan, written in his usual elegant prose and featuring some very fresh insights organised with great clarity. Featuring useful historical context, this brave book analyses the "moral" aspects of the policies and ensuing migration. The book completely undermines existing assumptions concerning Sino-African relations, such as that Africa is of critical importance for China; that China sees no risk in its largesse towards Africa; and that there is a single Chinese profile/agenda. The resulting collection touches the issue of racism but is equally about moments of pure idealism and 'romance' in Sino-African history.
Author | : Chris Alden |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2017-08-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3319528939 |
Download China and Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book investigates the expanding involvement of China in security cooperation in Africa. Drawing on leading and emerging scholars in the field, the volume uses a combination of analytical insights and case studies to unpack the complexity of security challenges confronting China and the continent. It interrogates how security considerations impact upon the growing economic and social links China has developed with African states.
Author | : Chris Alden |
Publisher | : Hurst & Company |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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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 topic generated wider debate in the build-up to the China-Africa Summit in Beijing in 2006. Despite this, China's deepening re-engagement with the African continent has been relatively neglected in academic and development policy circles. In particular, the concrete ways in which different Chinese actors are operating in different parts of Africa, their political dynamics and implications for African development as well as Western views of this phenomenon, have yet be explored in depth."China Returns to Africa" responds to this need by addressing the key issues in contemporary China-Africa relations. Taking its cue from the widely touted 'Chinese Scramble for Africa' and the accompanying claim of a 'new Chinese imperialism', the book moves beyond narrow media-driven concerns to offer one of the first far-ranging surveys of China's return to Africa, examining what this new relationship holds for diplomacy, trade and development.
Author | : Howard W. French |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2018-02-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0804172455 |
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For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That façade, reports former New York Times Asia correspondent Howard French, has now been cast off. China is increasingly asserting its place among the global powers, signaling its plans for pan-Asian dominance by building its navy, increasing territorial claims to areas like the South China Sea, and diplomatically bullying smaller players. Underlying this attitude is the millennia-old concept of tian xia, which held that everything “under the heavens” fell within the influence of the Chinese empire. If we understand how this historical identity continues to color current actions, in ways ideological, philosophical, and even legal, we can learn to forecast just what kind of global power China stands to become—as the world order is poised to shift. Steeped in deeply researched history and on-the-ground reporting, this is French at his revelatory best. With a New Afterword
Author | : Steven R. Bearden Jr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : |
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"The 2018 National Defense Strategy stresses that one of the principal priorities for the Department of Defense is long-term strategic competition with China, in part because China is undermining the international order, “wants to shape a world consistent with its authoritarian model,” and continues pursuing military modernization. Beijing’s influences are gradually extending farther away from its borders and may increasingly threaten the geographic security the U.S. has enjoyed for many years. The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) government makes it a point to work through the ethnic Chinese living or working overseas – a fact that both President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) emphasized towards leveraging Chinese migrants to improve China’s position on the international stage. This paper examines China’s efforts in leveraging social capital, mainly through Chinese immigrants and diasporas in Africa, to expand the PRC’s power throughout the African continent. As Africa is known as China’s second continent, the PRC is investing heavily with African nations to benefit from Africa’s vast natural resources required to sustain its billion-plus population in mainland China. The Chinese diasporas and the growing number of ethnic Chinese serve a supporting role in shaping relationships with African governments, businesses, educators, and the perception of their people. Although the level of influence that Chinese populations exhibit in foreign lands does not generate the same publicity and acknowledgement of the PRC’s power, such as its economic and diplomatic powers, the Chinese living overseas do impact Beijing’s foreign policy and should not be ignored."--Abstract.
Author | : Alemayehu Mekonnen |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2015-11-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1498220193 |
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The West and China in Africa: Civilization without Justice is an outcome of Dr. Alemayehu Mekonnen's personal intellectual struggle, life experience, and an attempt to understand Christ and his message within the cultural context of Africa. The intellectual struggle has to do with the paradoxical reality of Africa's situation. An attempt to reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable situation of Africa tests and stretches anyone's mind beyond limit. According to archaeological and geological findings, Africa is the first habitat of humanity and yet it is the least habitable place in the world today. The continent is extremely rich with natural resources, but it is known for poverty, disease, malnutrition, and starvation. As some Afro-centric scholars argue, Africa is the birthplace of world civilization and yet it is known for destruction. Social instability is rampant; coup d'etat and counter coup d'etat is common. Displacement and the number of refugees are ever increasing. As a person of African origin and now a US citizen, Mekonnen was able to see realities objectively in the eyes of an African and American. This book explores the myth and reality of Western, Eastern, and African dictators' role in the history of Africa.