Africa, China, and the New Global Dispensation
In the last several years there has been historical shifts in the global political economy; Chinas rise as the most important economic power in the world after the United States represents such a shift. As a result, the new Africa-China rapprochement has attracted global concern and interest mostly because Africas resources appear to be fully open to the economic and strategic needs of China. For over half a century, Africa traded mostly with the West; it looked mostly to Europe and the United States for development assistance. In 2000, however, African nations and China began a series of meetings dubbed Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). There have been six such meetings since then in pursuit of a new type of strategic partnership between China and Africa intended to create a win-win economic relationship that transforms the continent. What do African nations stand to gain from this relationship? Will the continents ‘new partner become the newest and latest external power to pay lip service to Africas well-being even as it proceeds to exploit local resources for its benefit? This paper argues that the only way for this relationship to be of mutual benefit is for the continent to conduct its relationships with China from a position of strength and self-interest; to use its resources for the benefit of its peoples; and to pursue people-centered policies. China can, and should, become a true alternative of development hope to the African peoples.
Africa-China Natural resources Development Infrastructure Partnership
Akwasi Osei
Delaware State University, Dover DE, USA, 19901;Center for West African Studies of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,Chengdu, P.R.China, 611731
国际会议
加纳
英文
819-832
2017-11-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）