List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Map of Africa
1. Locating Africa in China’s Geostrategy
2. Bilateral and Global Relations
3. Regional and Subregional Relations
4. Party-to-Party Relations
5. Africa-Focused Propaganda
6. Security Strategy and Interests
7. Protecting Interests and Managing Conflict
8. Security Diplomacy
9. Maritime Security
10. Technology and Information Security
11. Projecting Trends in China-Africa Strategic Relations
Appendix: China’s Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with
African Countries
Notes
Index
David H. Shinn teaches African studies at the Elliott School of
International Affairs at the George Washington University and is a
nonresident scholar at the Middle East Institute. He served in the
U.S. Foreign Service for thirty-seven years, including as
ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia.
Joshua Eisenman is associate professor of politics at the Keough
School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and senior
fellow in China studies at the American Foreign Policy Council. His
books include Red China’s Green Revolution: Technological
Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under
the Commune (Columbia, 2018).
Shinn and Eisenman are also the authors of China and Africa: A
Century of Engagement (2012).
Shinn and Eisenman have delivered a compelling study of China's
growing ambition and evolving strategy toward Africa. In clear and
concise prose, they lay out the importance of Africa in China's
overall strategic vision and detail the full array of initiatives
China is pursuing to enhance its influence on the continent. The
book distinguishes itself from others in the field by both the
quality of its research--its use of cutting-edge data, vivid
on-the-ground reporting, and rigorous analysis--and its fresh and
nuanced insights. Everyone should be educated on a relationship
that engages almost one-third of the world's population, and Shinn
and Eisenman have served up a master class.
*Elizabeth Economy, author of The World According to
China*
As the rivalry between China and the United States deepens, Africa
is becoming an increasingly important arena for their diplomatic,
economic, ideological, and security competition. Shinn and Eisenman
provide a comprehensive and balanced overview of China’s strategies
and objectives in a rising Africa.
*Harry Harding, National Chengchi University*
Shinn and Eisenman’s book presents the most updated and systematic
examination of Africa’s ascendant position in China’s geostrategy
and the defining features and emerging trends that have shaped
Sino-African political and security relations. It is an essential
read for anyone seeking to understand China’s global geostrategy in
general and its security engagement in Africa and the Global South
in particular.
*Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver*
This is one of the most comprehensive books I’ve read on
China-Africa political and security relations. Thoroughly
researched, engaging, enlightening, and provocative, it is a must
read for people who want to be fully informed about the dynamic and
intricate relations between China and Africa—the variety of forms
they take, how they evolve, and why they thrive in the vastly
different contexts on the continent. The storytelling is brilliant,
and readers are certain to learn something new.
*Joseph Asunka, CEO of Afrobarometer*
China’s Relations with Africa picks up where Shinn and Eisenman's
previous collaboration left off, digging deeper into the complexity
of ties that have defied expectations time and again. They move
beyond the ‘first generation scholarship’ of narratives of
bilateral relations, simple trajectories of expanding trade data
and eye-catching media stories to unpack a wide range of themes
such as party to party ties, maritime security, and technology and
information security. Moreover, Shinn and Eisenman situate
contemporary issues in the wider historical context and provide
detailed elaboration of the content of bilateral, regional, and
subregional relations that will prove useful for researchers and
students alike.
*Chris Alden, coeditor of New Directions in Africa-China
Studies*
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