Africa and China : How Africans and Their Governments Are Shaping Relations with China.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: African State Agency -- 1 China-Africa Trade -- 2 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- 3 China and the Shaping of African Information Societies -- 4 Understanding Angolan Agency: The Luanda-Beijing Face-Off -- 5 Ethiopia: Toward a Foreign-Funded "Revolutionary Democracy" -- II: African Agency Beyond the State -- 6 Making Space for African Agency in China-Africa Engagements -- 7 Racialization as Agency in Zambia-China Relations -- 8 #MadeinAfrica -- 9 Afro-Chinese Cooperation -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

With case studies from the technology, natural resource, security, manufacturing, and financial sectors, the volume shows not only how African realities shape Chinese actions, but also how African governments and entrepreneurs are learning to leverage their competitive advantages and to negotiate the growing Chinese presence across the continent.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.