China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism
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Resumo: | Africa has become a major arena in the so-called “multiplex world.” The growing presence of China and other emerging countries on the continent in the last two decades has turned Africa into an area in which there are a large number of different patterns of interaction between state and non-state actors. International debates are polarised over whether these new South–South dynamics generate new dependency relations or whether they provide genuine opportunities for transformation. This article focuses on China’s role in the ongoing processes of economic integration in Africa. Far from merely reproducing a neoliberal pattern, this interaction may highlight a certain convergence between the African regional integration projects and China’s desire to promote structural transformation strategies, with investment in infrastructure being an example. However, the article concludes that rather than reinforcing African regional integration, this essentially bilateral and highly pragmatic Chinese strategy may have some indirect returns on regional integration but is actually showing some signs of decline. |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic RegionalismAfrica–China relations; African Continental Free Trade Area; Agenda 2063; Belt and Road Initiative; regional integration; South–South cooperationAfrica has become a major arena in the so-called “multiplex world.” The growing presence of China and other emerging countries on the continent in the last two decades has turned Africa into an area in which there are a large number of different patterns of interaction between state and non-state actors. International debates are polarised over whether these new South–South dynamics generate new dependency relations or whether they provide genuine opportunities for transformation. This article focuses on China’s role in the ongoing processes of economic integration in Africa. Far from merely reproducing a neoliberal pattern, this interaction may highlight a certain convergence between the African regional integration projects and China’s desire to promote structural transformation strategies, with investment in infrastructure being an example. However, the article concludes that rather than reinforcing African regional integration, this essentially bilateral and highly pragmatic Chinese strategy may have some indirect returns on regional integration but is actually showing some signs of decline.Cogitatio2022-04-21info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i2.4945oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4945Politics and Governance; Vol 10, No 2 (2022): Developing Countries and the Crisis of the Multilateral Order; 61-702183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4945https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i2.4945https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4945/4945Copyright (c) 2022 Artur Colom-Jaén, Óscar Mateosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessColom-Jaén, ArturMateos, Óscar2022-12-22T15:15:31Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4945Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:09.456846Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism Colom-Jaén, Artur Africa–China relations; African Continental Free Trade Area; Agenda 2063; Belt and Road Initiative; regional integration; South–South cooperation |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism |
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China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism |
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Colom-Jaén, Artur |
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Colom-Jaén, Artur Mateos, Óscar |
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Mateos, Óscar |
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Colom-Jaén, Artur Mateos, Óscar |
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Africa–China relations; African Continental Free Trade Area; Agenda 2063; Belt and Road Initiative; regional integration; South–South cooperation |
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Africa–China relations; African Continental Free Trade Area; Agenda 2063; Belt and Road Initiative; regional integration; South–South cooperation |
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Africa has become a major arena in the so-called “multiplex world.” The growing presence of China and other emerging countries on the continent in the last two decades has turned Africa into an area in which there are a large number of different patterns of interaction between state and non-state actors. International debates are polarised over whether these new South–South dynamics generate new dependency relations or whether they provide genuine opportunities for transformation. This article focuses on China’s role in the ongoing processes of economic integration in Africa. Far from merely reproducing a neoliberal pattern, this interaction may highlight a certain convergence between the African regional integration projects and China’s desire to promote structural transformation strategies, with investment in infrastructure being an example. However, the article concludes that rather than reinforcing African regional integration, this essentially bilateral and highly pragmatic Chinese strategy may have some indirect returns on regional integration but is actually showing some signs of decline. |
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