The Atlas of African Affairs

The Atlas of African Affairs

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Cite this Email this Add to favourites Print this page. Catalogue Persistent Identifier https: You must be logged in to Tag Records. There are an estimated Chinese corporations doing business in Africa, most of which are private companies investing in the infrastructure, energy and banking sectors. One-third of China's oil supplies comes from the African continent, mainly from Angola. As for fish products, Namibia remains one of the main [ quantify ] providers. The need to protect China's increased investments in Africa have driven a shift away from China's traditional non-interference in the internal matters of other countries to new diplomatic and military initiatives to try to resolve unrest in South Sudan and Mali.

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China strongly supported African Independence Movements and gave aid to newly independent African nations in the s and s. By , China was giving aid to more African countries than the United States. China has been engaged in a kind of " health diplomacy" towards Africa since the s. Health care development and medical assistance have been one of the main successful areas of cooperation. Between the early s and , more than 15, Chinese doctors have been sent to Africa to help treat different cases [ clarification needed ] in more than 47 countries. Military cooperation goes back to the Cold War period when China was keen to help African liberation movements.

Apart from some traditional allies such as Somalia and Uganda , China also had military ties with non-aligned countries such as Egypt. More recently, China has sent troops to the continent to participate in peacekeeping. In , China deployed around 1, military personnel under the UN umbrella, dispatched between Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo , [35] though only since has it sent infantry troops describable arguably as 'combat' forces.

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An increasing number of African countries have shifted their source of supply from traditional providers such as Russia to China due in part to the competitive prices offered by Chinese suppliers. Africa Command , spoke in favor of the benefits and potential cooperation between China and the US in the African military sphere, offering as examples Chinese supplied patrol boats to the DRC military and building by Chinese contractors of a military institute in Tanzania as Chinese hardware that could be combined with US training to form joint assistance for African militaries.

In July , China set up its first overseas military base at Djibouti in Africa. Africa is a host of three Chinese cultural centers.

The first overseas Chinese center was opened in Mauritius in The Confucius Institute , which focuses on the promotion of the Chinese language and culture , has 20 centers distributed around 13 African countries. Historically, little is known about early African immigration to China. Due to recent developments in relations, [ ambiguous ] many [ quantify ] have been relocating for better opportunities. Places dubbed 'Little Africa' and 'Chocolate city' are increasingly receiving new immigrants, mostly Nigerians. Most of the African immigrants are concentrated in the area of Guangzhou with an estimated number of 20, In contrast, early Chinese immigration to the African continent is slightly better documented.

In the early 19th century, another wave of immigrants came to South Africa as workers brought by the British to work in agriculture, infrastructure building and mining. There are a variety of critical perspectives scrutinizing the Chinese role in the relationship focused on the balance of the power relationship and human rights.

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Western countries have been the main source of accusations that China is a neo-colonist in Africa. The China-Zimbabwe relationship drew the attention of such critics. China was accused of supplying Zimbabwe with jet fighters, vehicles and other military equipment.

Another high-profile event involving critics of China in Africa was in the run-up to the Summer Olympics. Human rights groups criticized China for its supportive relationship with the government of Sudan, which is accused of mass killings in Darfur. Other criticisms are economic in nature including the claim that African markets are harmed by low-cost Chinese-made products, which put great competitive pressure on local industries and businesses.

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