This book examines Sino-African relations with a focus on China’s active role in fostering economic and infrastructural development in Africa. It discusses the neo-colonialist implications of this relationship and the consequences for both sides.

This book examines Sino-African relations and their impact on Africa. It argues that Africa’s relationship with China has had a profound impact on key sectors in Africa—economic and political development, the media, infrastructural development, foreign direct investments, loans, debt peonage, and international relations. The authors also analyze the imperialist and neo-colonialist implications of this relationship and discuss the degree to which the relationship is beneficial to Africa.

Part I: Early Contacts and Connections

Chapter 1: Premier Zhou Enlai’s Excursions to Africa

Chapter 2: The Policy Framework of Sino-African Relations from the Chinese Perspective: A

Review of Selected policy papers and agreements

Chapter 3: Jamie Monson and the Historiography of China-Africa Relations: Focus on the

Tanzania-Zambia Railway

Chapter 4: Alliance Systems Redefined: Towards an Explanation of China’s Hands-Off

Approach to African Politics

Chapter 5: The Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: But What Kind of Developmental Power Does

China Have?

Part II: New-Imperialism or a New World Order

Chapter 6: China in Africa: The Fifth Wave of Conquest and Plunder?

Chapter 7: Changing Africa-China Relations: Colonialism or Partnership?

Chapter 8: Chinese and African Economic Relations: A New World Order or A New Form of

Colonialism?

Chapter 9: China’s Cultural Rapprochement: The Uses of Soft Power as a Form of Building

Alliances in Africa

Chapter 10: Politics and Governance: China’s hands-off approach to African politics

Part III: China’s Regional Footprints

Chapter 11: Reporting the Dragon: A Thematic Study of Anti-Chinese Sentiments in ‘China in

Africa’ News Coverage

Chapter 12: Chinese Economic Development Projects in Zimbabwe

Chapter 13: The March of the Red Dragon: The Geographic Footprints of Chinese Presence in

Africa

Chapter 14: China: Africa’s new Wise Men from the East? An Analysis of Africa’s Non-State and State Actors’ Perceptions of China and the Chinese

Chapter 15: Chinese Investments in Africa: ‘Chopsticks Mercantilism’

Conclusion: The Chinese and a Continent Made Fragile by Its Leaders