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Hidden dragon, crouching lion : how China's advance in Africa is underestimated and Africa's potential underappreciated

Title
Hidden dragon, crouching lion : how China's advance in Africa is underestimated and Africa's potential underappreciated / David E. Brown.
Author
Brown, David E. (David Edward)
Publication
Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]

Available Online

https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo29901

Details

Additional Authors
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Description
1 online resource (x, 114 pages).
Series Statement
Strategic Studies Institute monograph
Uniform Title
SSI monograph.
Subject
  • Investments, Chinese > Africa
  • China > Foreign economic relations > Africa
  • Africa > Foreign economic relations > China
  • China > Commerce > Africa
  • Africa > Commerce > China
  • China > Economic policy
  • Africa > Strategic aspects
Note
  • "September 2012."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-114).
Source of Description (note)
  • Title from title screen (viewed September 17, 2012).
Contents
Summary -- Pt. I. China leads the developing world in fostering economic ties to Africa. The hidden dragon : China's main interests in Africa and place in the world -- Africa : aiding China's peaceful rise as a superpower -- Other BRICs and the developing world also interested in Africa -- Ten years of successful Africa-China trade : the dragon flies more swiftly than the eagle -- China's foreign direct investment in Africa : large, but estimates differ -- Pt. II. Major questions in the China-Africa economic relationship. Why did China choose to expand its economic ties to Africa? -- The push with China : 1993 shift to oil importer leads to linkage of aid/trade; 2001 WTO accession leads to "going-out" policy -- Factors in China's success in rapidly expanding economic ties with Africa -- Are Africa's new debts to China sustainable? -- Will Africa be able to industrialize because of or despite China? -- China is not a monolith : impact of nonstate Chinese actors on Africa -- Official China recognizes damage in Africa caused by poor corporate citizens -- African civil society acts to constrain poor Chinese behavior, but muzzled Chinese civil society cannot lobby Beijing for change -- The Chinese diaspora : latest large wave impacting Africa -- Pt. III. China's strategic ties to Africa : oil, minerals, and agriculture. China and oil diplomacy in Africa -- China's strategic trade in metals and minerals in Africa : implications for the United States -- China, Africa, and agriculture : food as the next strategic asset? -- Pt. IV. U.S. responses to China in Africa. Potential for U.S.-China cooperation in Africa : limited and constrained by Beijing -- Conclusion : recommendations for U.S. policymakers.
Call Number
GPO Internet D 101.146:C 44/14
ISBN
  • 1584875429 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781584875420 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
marcive810088306
Author
Brown, David E. (David Edward)
Title
Hidden dragon, crouching lion : how China's advance in Africa is underestimated and Africa's potential underappreciated / David E. Brown.
Publisher
Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Strategic Studies Institute monograph
SSI monograph.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-114).
Connect to:
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo29901
Added Author
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Other Form:
Print version: Brown, David E. (David Edward). Hidden dragon, crouching lion (OCoLC)811993533
Gpo Item No.
0307-A-31 (online)
Sudoc No.
D 101.146:C 44/14
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