The Sino-African Partnership

Earl Conteh-Morgan is a professor of international studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the University of South Florida. He is a former senior research fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute (Oslo). He has authored, co-authored, and co-edited several books and book chapters, as well as published several refereed articles in the Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Journal of Social Philosophy, International Journal of Peace Studies, and the Global Security and Intelligence Studies journal, among many others. He is currently researching state weakness and the onset of civil wars in Africa.

List of Illustrations – Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Introduction – Sino-African Relations: A Framework for Analysis – Geopolitical-Economic Dynamism and Nexus of China’s Engagement in Africa – Clashing Worldviews and Discursive Representations of China – China’s Aid and Energy Geopolitics – Foreign Aid in China’s Africa Power Projection – Geo-Economic Endowed African States and China – Western Reactions to China’s Power Projection in Africa – Problems and Prospects in the Partnership – Index.

“This book offers one of the best analyses of the relations between China and Africa that I have read. Earl Conteh-Morgan presents a broad, comprehensive, and empirical examination of several dimensions of the relations between China, as a rising global power, and sub-Saharan African countries. Whereas most texts on ‘China in Africa’ focus on examining how China’s presence on the sub-continent impacts political outcomes such as the quality of democracy, Conteh-Morgan’s lucid argumentation goes beyond previous analytical parameters to identify the factors that have undergirded the relations between China and African countries during several eras dating back to the early independence period of the 1960s. The work discusses China’s motivations in African countries and the reactions of rival global powers to China’s presence in Africa. It also discusses how and why western states, such as the United States, engage differently with African countries than China and some of the effects of the varying styles and levels of engagement. The book is not only an analysis of China-Africa relations but an examination of political and socioeconomic globalization itself as rival global powers compete for new markets and ideological hegemony. College students and seasoned global analysts alike should find the book tremendously insightful in their quests to understand China’s global presence. It is written in a clear and accessible style and chock full of excellent macroeconomic data that is bound to make this study one of the best additions to the scholarly literature on China-Africa relations for many years to come. If you have to read three books on the subject of China in Africa, read this text first. Conteh-Morgan has made an invaluable contribution to the subject matter!”
—Fodei J. Batty, associate professor of political science, Quinnipiac University