China’s Presence in Africa

Reading the Debate Through the Tanzanian Experience

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.024How to use a DOI?

Keywords

China-Africa relationship; China’s presence in Africa; South-South relationship; Tanzania

Abstract

This essay will present the nature of the China-Africa relationship by analyzing the debates of previous scholars concerning the West in Africa and China in Africa, alongside a historical review. I argue that China’s relationship with Africa is different from that of other major strategic forces in the world today such as the United States and the European Union, countries which have long dominated African resources. In the beginning of Chinese-African interactions, China firmly proclaimed its non-interference stance. This meant that China would not interfere in African politics but only engage in fair trade and exchange in Africa. As a result, China’s non-interference stance made its interaction with Africa less aggressive than that of the Western countries. China’s investment allows Africa to have its own freedom of maneuver. Its economic contact with Africa facilitates the long term economic growth of African states.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuanzhi Wu
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - China’s Presence in Africa
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 139
EP  - 144
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.024
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.024
ID  - Wu2021
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