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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Chinese rivalry in Africa
Author:Yu, George T.
Year:1964
Periodical:Race
Volume:5
Issue:4
Pages:35-47
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
China
Taiwan
Subjects:international economic relations
development cooperation
propaganda
Abstract:When one turns to Africa, many of the advantages encountered by both Communist and Nationalist China elsewhere disappear. Prior to the late 1950s, neither side had extensive contacts with Africa. Nor did either Government have a direct stake in. the region. Africa itself was tabula rasa with respect to the China issue. Most of the new African nations held no prior bias against either the Communist or the Nationalists. Both could approach Africa as virgin and uncommitted territory. Both contenders began their African assault de nowo. Each has had to experiment and innovate according to the African response. At present both the Communists and the Nationalists are deeply involved in Africa. For the Nationalists it is no less than a struggle for survival. Communist China's self-styled role as the leader of the African-Asian-Latin American world is also at stake. Against this background the Chinese power struggle in Africa is studied. Tables; references.
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