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Title: | China's New Mercantilism in Central Africa |
Author: | Holslag, Jonathan |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | African and Asian Studies |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 133-169 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Central Africa China |
Subjects: | international trade trade policy Economics and Trade international relations History and Exploration Development and Technology |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1163/156920906777906781 |
Abstract: | The objective of this article is twofold. On the one hand it elucidates the goals and dynamics of China's foreign trade policy since the 1990s. On the other hand it assesses the impact of this strategy on the development of the central African region - Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Uganda - as a case for China's influence on other developing countries. The author observes that China is pursuing a pragmatic mercantilist policy that combines a wide array of diplomatic and economic devices. As a result, the People's Republic is gaining ground slowly but surely. However, China's ascent does not lift the central African States to a more favourable position in the global division of labour. The author concludes that China's rise confirms the current economic position of African countries: that of a commodity supplier and a modest consumers' market. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |