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Africa & China
Review of African Political Economy
Special Issue on China and Africa
2008-03-28
Review of African Political Economy - http://www.roape.org/ - is a leading left journal on Africa examining: the politics of imperialism; development; agrarian, popular and democratic struggles; class, gender and social justice.
The latest special issue of the journal , No.115, March 2008, focuses on China-Africa relations and includes editorials, articles and briefings dealing with the different dynamics of Sino-African relations. In this issue Marcus Power and Giles Mohan look at the 'New' Face of China-African Co-operation, and Rapahel Kaplinsky explores how the rise of China impacts Africa's industrialization.
The table of contents of the forthcoming issue is available at the link below.
© ROAPE Publications Limited. Published quarterly each March, June, September and
December by Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis for ROAPE Publications. Editorial address:
P.O. Box 678, SheffieldS11BF, UK. Telephone 44 + (0)114 267-6880; fax 44 + (0)114 267-
6881; e.mail: editor@roape.org ISSN 0305 6244.
Editorial
Good Friends & Good Partners: The ‘New’ Face
of China-African Co-operation 5-6
Marcus Power & Giles Mohan
Articles
What Does the Rise of China Do for Industrialisation
in Sub-Saharan Africa? 7-22
Raphael Kaplinsky
New African Choices? The Politics of Chinese
Engagement 23-42
Giles Mohan & Marcus Power
History & Identity in the Construction of China’s
Africa Policy 43-58
Chris Alden & Ana Cristina Alves
Explaining the Rise of ‘Human Rights’ in
Analyses of Sino-African Relations 59-71
Shaun Breslin & Ian Taylor
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