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- Title: Chinese Expansion and Western Influence in 21st Century Africa (Report)
- Author : David Alexander Robinson
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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Editor's Note: While America's attention has been focused elsewhere, China has been busy cultivating the African continent in a myriad of ways. Does this increased influence portend a shift in the international system? And if so, what does this mean for Western interests in Africa and internationally? Slavery; colonialism; Apartheid; Cold War manipulation; IMF Structural Adjustment; corruption of governments by Western corporations; and resource wars fought by white mercenaries: if independent African nations of the Twenty First Century choose to seek new relationships with non-Western allies, then we should not be puzzled by this development. Nevertheless, Western commentators watch with increasing concern as China's growing political and economic influence makes it an attractive partner for African governments. With global issues now at the top of the agenda in interactions between the United States and China (Johnson 2009), the relationships crystallising between China and Africa have for some time been overlooked by the media and policymakers. Mainstream pundits who have discovered these developments often propagate a moral panic regarding China's nefarious intent, and issue warnings of existential threat to Western interests, as 'access to important raw materials and energy sources ... [is] "locked up" by Chinese firms' (Brookes & Shin 2006). Headlines such as, 'Why China is trying to colonise Africa' (Blair 2007), 'How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried' (Malone 2008), and 'China Tightens Grip on Africa' (2009), have appeared in conservative-leaning publications, and frame the debate as a Manichean struggle between the munificent West and an exploitative Chinese bogeyman.
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