Overview
- It is the first book to provide wide-ranging insights into China's relations across the East Africa subregion
- Provides perspectives on why China is perceived either negatively or positively as well as neutral sentiments
- Offers an analysis of the specificities and motivating factors that undergird the individual country relations
Part of the book series: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies (PSAPS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Based on an extensive literature review, in-depth interviews, fieldwork, and anecdotal evidence, this text examines China’s engagement with East Africa (notably Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) and considers these relationships through the lens of history, diplomacy, education, trade, media, cultural exchanges, and infrastructure. It probes the sentiments of pessimism, optimism, and pragmatism to explore perceptions about China in East Africa Africa. China’s ancient connection to the East African coast, as well as other incidents of contact in the past, are analyzed from the viewpoint of the deployment of Chinese soft power capital in current times.
The book notably examines the significant role China is playing in the construction of new infrastructure and housing throughout East Africa and addresses China’s involvement in the natural resources sector and the political debate surrounding the construction of gas and oil pipelines, itsinvestment in the tourism sector, in the news media and information and communication technology sectors as well as in educational and cultural programs.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: China’s Footprint in East Africa
Book Subtitle: Pessimism versus Optimism
Authors: Bob Wekesa
Series Title: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5265-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5264-9Published: 21 September 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5267-0Due: 22 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-5265-6Published: 20 September 2023
Series ISSN: 2662-7922
Series E-ISSN: 2662-7930
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 348
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Relations, Development Studies, African Culture, History of China, African Politics