Table of Contents
1 Cover
11 Tables and Boxes TABLES BOXES
12 Introduction Approach Overview Conclusion Notes
13 1 The New Era in Context HISTORICAL PHASES SINCE 1949 XI JINPING’S CHINA AND AFRICA RELATIONS The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Institutional reform and adaptation Forum on China–Africa Cooperation A China–Africa policy, China’s African politics AFRICA’S RELATIONS WITH CHINA African states and beyond Regional engagements AU–China relations CONCLUSION Notes
14 2 China and Africa in Global Politics AFRICA IN CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY AND GLOBAL POLITICS Africa, China and multilateral cooperation Africa in China’s global strategy CHINA IN AFRICAN FOREIGN POLICIES AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS Africa’s friend in deed? CHINA, AFRICA AND OTHER EXTERNAL POWERS China and Southern powers China and Northern powers CONCLUSION Notes
15 3 New Era Economics TRADE, AID AND INVESTMENT Aid and investment African markets: business opportunities STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION Infrastructure development Manufacturing Africa in the BRI CHINA AS CREDITOR Debt relief THE MIRAGE OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION CONCLUSION Notes
16 4 Xi’s China Model, African Politics CHINA MODELS IN CONTEXT CHINA’S NEW ERA MODEL Why is Beijing promoting the China model? Promoting the China model in practice THE CHINA MODEL IN AFRICAN POLITICS Importing models Model problems: The primacy of African politics CONCLUSION Notes