In 1999 China announced the launching of the Open up the West campaign, sometimes
called “Going West,” to help western China finally catch up to the much wealthier eastern …

Chinese loan finance is often misunderstood in Africa. This paper provides an overview of a
new database on Chinese loans and describes the research methodology for collecting this …

This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the nature of Chinese manufacturing
investments in Africa, focusing predominantly on four countries–Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria …

This conceptual article explores the evolution of dependency theory and deploys the theory
to understand China's contemporary presence in Africa as a case study to provide new …

Guinea was China's first African borrower. In 1960, Beijing offered Guinea a line of credit
worth about US $25 million. The government of Sekou Toure used this finance to construct a …

In Chapter 6, Joshua Eisenman and David H. Shinn examine China's extensive network of
economic, political, and military relationships in Africa. They note that China's once strongly …

In the last few decades, the world has experienced significant economic and political
transformation, which has led to adjustments in economic interaction between countries …

Dependency has been reliably defined by Dos Santos (Santos, 1970) as 'a situation in
which the economy of certain countries is conditioned by the development and expansion of …

This study assesses the popular claim that Chinese engagement in Africa is imperialism
through a case study of relations between China and Angola. Using Marxist imperialism …