China’s Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy, Volume III

1. Front Matter

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2. China’s Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy to African Nations—I

   • John F. Copper

   Pages 1-41

3. China’s Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy to African Nations—II

   • John F. Copper

   Pages 43-90

4. China’s Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy in Other Regions— Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Oceania

   • John F. Copper

   Pages 91-142

5. Summary and Conclusions

   • John F. Copper

   Pages 143-205

6. Back Matter

   Pages 207-319

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Today, by many accounts, China is the world's foremost purveyor of foreign aid and foreign investment to developing countries. This is the product of China's miracle economic growth over a period of more than three decades, together with China's drive to become a major player in world affairs and accomplish this through economic rather than military means. This three-volume work is the first comprehensive study of China's aid and investment strategy to trace how it has evolved since Beijing launched its foreign aid diplomacy at the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

Volume III offers an analysis of China's foreign aid and investment to countries outside of Asia: in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Oceania. Africa was and is the most important of these regions and it is given special treatment. In the concluding chapter, Copper reviews the findings of previous the volumes, delineates China's most important victories and setbacks, and notes opposition to and criticism of China's aid and investment diplomacy. Copper gives evidence that will be shocking to some of the reality that China's financial help to developing countries is one of the most salient trends in international politics and constitutes a formidable challenge to the United States, Japan, and Europe, as well as international financial institutions.

• China
• foreign aid
• foreign investments
• China challenge
• United States
• economic development
• diplomacy
• economics
• Europe
• international economics
• policy
• political history
• political science
• politics
• work
• development policy

“This three-volume work by John Copper provides a comprehensive and detailed examination of China’s foreign aid and investment diplomacy from the tribute trade to the present. … the volumes provide an invaluable source for scholars and students interested in the subject matter. The coverage is comprehensive and by providing a longer historical view they offer the reader a more nuanced understanding of contemporary ‘China’s rise’ and ‘new colonialism’ literature … . Each chapter is detailed, well researched, and well referenced.” (Paul Bowles, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 90 (2), June, 2017)

John F. Copper is the Stanley J. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies emeritus at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He is the author of more than thirty books on China, Taiwan, and Asian Affairs. Copper is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Men of Achievement, Contemporary Authors, and The Annual Guide to Public Policy Experts. In 1997, he was recipient of the International Communications Award. He has spent fifteen years in Asia. China's Foreign Aid and Foreign Investment Diplomacy is the culmination of over four decades of work on this subject.

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