Hidden Dragon, Crouching Lion

Hidden Dragon, Crouching Lion How China's Advance in Africa Is Underestimated and Africa's Potential Underappreciated - Strategic Studies Institute Monograph

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The explosive growth of China's economic interests in Africa -- bilateral trade rocketed from $1 billion in 1990 to $150 billion in 2011 -- may be the most important trend in the continent's foreign relations since the end of the Cold War. In 2010, China surpassed the United States as Africa's top trading partner; its quest to build a strategic partnership with Africa on own its terms through tied aid, trade, and development finance is also part of Beijing's broader aspirations to surpass the United States as the world's preeminent superpower. Africa and other emerging economies have become attractive partners for China not only for natural resources, but as growing markets. Africa's rapid growth since 2000 has not just occurred because of higher commodity prices, but more importantly due to other factors including improved governance, economic reforms, and an expanding labor force. China's rapid and successful expansion in Africa is du

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ISBN: 9781584875420
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Imprint: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
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Language: English
Number of pages: 114