Towards a Critical Geopolitics of China's Engagement with African Development

Power, Marcus; Mohan, Giles

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“…However, this potential needs to be evaluated considering not just the politics of Pakistani state and society but also the nature of the investment regime of CPEC, the Chinese state, and international actors. Although, as mentioned earlier, the official rhetoric of China's global investment policy is that of 'noninterference', the foreign policy seems to be evolving as China realizes the limitations of non-interference and the importance of protecting its economic interests (Mohan and Power, 2010). For example, the policy of blocking UN Security Council resolutions authorizing peacekeepers for Darfur has been lifted and China has put modest pressure on Khartoun to allow UN peacekeeping deployment (Hansen, 2008).…”

Section: Pakistani Military and Cpecmentioning

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The politics of the China―Pakistan economic corridor

Hameed¹

2018

Palgrave Commun

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China's presence in the Global South has increased dramatically over the course of a decade. The discourse of mutual benefit and non-intervention has attracted much attention in the developing world, which is now facing the consequences of Western interventions. However, the extent to which Chinese engagement in the developing world stays true to these principles needs to be evaluated in terms of its effects on the political economic structures of the host nations. This study analyses how China and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is interacting with the political and economic realities of Pakistan. Firstly, the study traces the history of regionalism in Pakistan and shows that over the years, the developmental mission of the central state has created deep-seated regionalism in Pakistan. The study shows that CPEC is deepening such cleavages. The regionalist forces have opposed the project in two broad ways: through demanding a greater share in the project or through completely rejecting the interventions. Secondly, the study analyses the lop-sided civil-military relations in Pakistan and concludes that Chinese engagement in Pakistan is leading to the military's tighter control of civilian and economic matters relating to CPEC.

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The politics of the China―Pakistan economic corridor

Hameed¹

2018

Palgrave Commun

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“…Major infrastructure projects in Africa financed by the Chinese include: the Tazara Railway linking land-locked Zambia with the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam; roads, railways, hospitals, schools and water systems in war-torn Angola; electricity generation in Nigeria; and hydroelectricity in the Congo and Ghana (Brautigam 2009(Brautigam , 2010Tan-Mullins, Mohan, and Power 2010;Power and Mohan 2010).…”

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The West’s aid dilemma and the Chinese solution?

Wang

Ozanne

Xin

2014

Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies

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There are currently two contrasting approaches towards aid policy in Africa: that followed by the West is well known for its conditionality and selectivity and focus on direct financial support, while the approach adopted by China eschews conditionality and concentrates on infrastructure building. The Chinese approach has been criticized for its failure to create direct employment and because, it is argued, its unconditionality hampers good governance in Africa. However, this paper argues that the West faces a dilemma in that governance and its improvements are endogenous to the economic development of a country. Making aid conditional upon governance therefore unduly penalizes countries at the bottom. The Chinese approach, in contrast, avoids this dilemma by directly targeting constraints to development; it may therefore be more effective in generating long-run growth, which may in turn foster good governance.

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“…Following Power and Mohan 59 , we concur that China's growing economic strength means that it is unlikely to have a partnership of equals with Laos and Thailand. This particular bridge in construction is an exemplar of how China's growing strength is perceived on the ground at Chiang Khong and Houay Xay in current concerns and future imaginaries.…”

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One Bridge, Two Towns and Three Countries: Anticipatory Geopolitics in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Lin

Grundy‐Warr

2012

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The proposed bridge between Chiang Khong and Houay Xay will form the remaining crucial link of the Asian Highway 3, connecting Bangkok to Kunming, a project highly anticipated in the Greater Mekong Subregion's (GMS) development.With China funding half the cost of the bridge, it signifies a strong player in the economic borderland. The article seeks to uncover the locals' thoughts and feelings of the bridge to raise awareness of 'voices' from the Thai-Lao border in relation to the further destinations the bridge will serve. The local perceptions of the proposed bridge are used to provide a form of comprehension of anticipatory crossborder geopolitical relations between the Thai-Lao border and China. Drawing on the concepts of critical geopolitics, anti-geopolitics and geoeconomics, it concludes by underscoring the need to listen to local perceptions at the Thai-Lao border as they signal potential ill-feelings that could jeopardise future crossborder geopolitical ties and trade.

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Towards a Critical Geopolitics of China's Engagement with African Development

Cited by 85 publications

References 51 publications

The politics of the China―Pakistan economic corridor

The politics of the China―Pakistan economic corridor

The West’s aid dilemma and the Chinese solution?

One Bridge, Two Towns and Three Countries: Anticipatory Geopolitics in the Greater Mekong Subregion

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