TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raine,Sarah
TI  - China`s African challenges 
T2  - Adelphi
SN  - 9780415556934
AV  - DS740.5.A34 R35 2009
U1  - 327.5106 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge 
KW  - China
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Africa
KW  - Foreign economic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-270); Contextualising today's Sino-African relations -- Managing China's African relations -- Adapting to the challenges of maturing commercial relations -- Adapting to the political challenges of commercial relations -- Dealing with the implications
N2  - China's relations with African nationals have changed dramatically over the past decade. African oil now accounts for more than 30% of China's oil imports, and China is Africa's second-largest single-country trading partner, as well as a leading lender and infrastructure investor on the continent. Yet these developments are bringing challenges, not only for Africa and the West, but for China as well. This book examines these challenges, considering Africa as a testing ground, both for Chinese companies 'going global' and for a Chinese government that is increasingly having to deal with issues beyond its shores and immediate control. What does China need to do to protect and develop its African engagements, concerns from Western actors in Africa, and the rival presence of other emerging actors? How sustainable is the momentum that China has established in its African ventures? China's adaptations to the challenges it is facing in Africa are examined and assessed, as are the implications of these changes for China, Africa and the West. China's African engagements are certainly changing Africa, but could they also be changing China?
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