The Role of Africa in Chinese Foreign and Development Policy
Where does Africa offer windows into China's evolving development cooperation? How may Africa-related experiences help shape Chinese policies and practices?
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Yu Zheng (Fudan University) and Pippa Morgan (Duke Kunshan University) in conversation with Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (UiB and NUPI)
Where does Africa offer windows into China's evolving development cooperation? How may Africa-related experiences help shape Chinese policies and practices?
Rooted in a long history, China’s engagements on the African continent are expanding. Relations span across trade and business investment, aid- and development support, and other forms of political, economic, social, and cultural activities – within local, domestic, bilateral, regional, and multilateral settings.
While a growing field of scholarly research cast greater light on the many facets and implications of China-related activities in Africa, we ask what Africa-related experiences may mean for Chinese foreign and development-oriented politics. Where does Africa offer windows into China's evolving development cooperation? How may Africa-related experiences help shape Chinese development policies and practices?
In this seminar, we are joined by scholars who specialize on Chinese development- and Africa related politics, and we engage them in an informal but insightful conversation about their recent and ongoing research.
Pippa Morgan is a Lecturer in Political Science at the Duke Kunshan University. She has a PhD from Fudan University and worked at the NYU Shanghai before joining Duke Kunshan. Morgan’s research focuses on the political economy of China’s foreign economic relations, Chinese foreign aid, foreign direct investment, and China-Africa relations.
Yu Zheng is a Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at the Fudan University (Shanghai). His research covers various topics within Chinese political economy, including a strong focus on China’s economic and development engagements with African countries.
Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen (UiB), and a Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). His research focuses on Chinese politics, including social and economic reforms, and Chinese outbound investment and foreign and development politics.
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