The dragon's gift: the real story of China in Africa

The dragon's gift: the real story of China in Africa

Brautigam, Deborah

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This book analyzes China's aid program and its connection to the broad range of state-sponsored development activities the Chinese call 'economic cooperation.' It explains what the Chinese are doing in their developmental state-sponsored economic engagement in Africa, how they do it, and why they are doing it. INDICE: Prologue: The Changing Face of Chinese Engagement in Africa; 1: Missionaries and Maoists: How China Moved from 'Red' to 'Expert'; 2: Feeling theStones: Deng Xiaoping's Aid Experiments; 3: Going Global: Foreign Aid in the Toolkit of a Rising China; 4: Eastern Promises: An Aid System with Chinese Characteristics; 5: Orient Express: How Does Chinese Aid and Engagement Work?; 6:Apples and Lychees: How Much Aid Does China Give?; 7: Flying Geese, CrouchingTiger: China's Changing Role in African Industrialization; 8: Asian Tsunami: How a Tidal Wave can also be a Catalyst; 9: Exporting Green Revolution: From Aid to Agribusiness; 10: Foreign Farmers: Chinese Settlers, African Plantations; 11: Rogue Donor? Myths and Realities of Chinese Aid and Engagement; Conclusion: Engaging China

  • ISBN: 978-0-19-960629-0
  • Editorial: Oxford University
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 416
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés