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CHINA’S GEO-ECONOMIC INTEREST IN AFRICA: A SHORT OVERVIEW
CHINA’S GEO-ECONOMIC INTEREST IN AFRICA: A SHORT OVERVIEW

Author(s): Jajati K. Pattnaik, Chandan K. Panda
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Governance, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Welfare systems, Political economy, Politics and law, Politics and communication, Politics and religion, Politics and society, History and theory of political science, Methodology and research technology, Comparative politics, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Socio-Economic Research, Geopolitics, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: Africa; China; BRI; Debt Diplomacy; Geo-Economics

Summary/Abstract: The article examines China’s geo-economic interest in Africa. China intends to exercise its leverage over both coastal frontiers for trade and defense and its hinterland for rich mineral, metal, and fossil deposits. Furthermore, the debt trap seems to be one of the methods through which China intended to bargain with Africa to bag as much advantage as it could gain. The question that emerges from this critical engagement with China-Africa relations is to look into how the reality of Africa’s narrative of development is projected both from outside and within and the contradiction embodied in that projection. China used the narrative of development to set its feet on African soil. This paper discusses China’s penetration into Africa by offering interest-free loans and its gradual emergence as a neocolonial power through expanding its network. The method used in the study to establish China’s monopoly and interfering streak in African affairs through BRI is the analysis of available data based on which the objectives and the conclusions are drawn.

  • Issue Year: 8/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 223-239
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English
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