China's new role in African politics : from non-intervention towards stabilization? / edited by Christof Hartmann and Nele Noesselt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Patterns, Discourses, and Practices -- China's African Dream: Assessing China's New Strategy / Nele Noesselt -- Layered Rhetorics and Multiple Realities: China and Africa / Julia Strauss -- China and Regional Security in Africa / Georg Lammich -- Coping with Security challenges in African Society. The roles of overseas Chinese associations in Africa / Liu Haifang -- China and African Instability: Some Conceptual Thoughts / Christof Hartmann -- Part II: Case Studies -- Financing Regime Stability? The Role of Chinese Credit Lines in post-war Angola / Lucy Corkin -- The Role of China and Asymmetric Bargaining in Ethiopia's Authoritarian Backsliding / Steve Hess -- The Dialectics of Political Instability and Democracy in China's Engagements in Zambia / Richard Aidoo -- Emerging Alternative? China's Developmental Peace Approach in South Sudan / Chun Zhang -- China and Rwanda - natural allies or uneasy partners in regime stability / Sven Grimm, Christine Hackenesch -- Zimbabwe and China: an all-weather relationship for development and stability? / Lloyd Sachikonye -- China and Africa's Peace and Security: Examining China's Role in Nigeria's Insecurity / Efem Ubi -- 'We are black Chinese' - Making sense of APC's pro-China campaign in Sierra Leone's 2018 elections / Patricia Rinck -- Conclusion / Nele Noesselt, Christof Hartmann.

"China's rise to global power status in recent decades has been accompanied with a deepening trade relationship with Africa, leading to much academic debate about the influence of Chinese business in the continent. However, China's engagement with African states at the political and diplomatic level has received less attention in the literature. This book investigates the impact of Chinese policies on African politics, asking how China deals with political instability in Africa and in turn how Africans perceive China to be helping or hindering political stability. Whilst China officially operates with a foreign policy strategy which conceives of Africa as one integrated monolithic area (with FOCAC the flagship of inter-continental cooperation), this book highlights the plurality of context-specific interaction patterns between China and African elites, demonstrating how Chinese politics in the context of resource-rich and geostrategically important countries differs from the strategies coined for relations with those African states without strategic resources. By looking comparatively at a range of different country cases, the book aims to develop a theoretical framework that assesses how China reacts to political stability and instability, and in which ways the country contributes to domestic political dynamics and stability within African states. China's New Role in African Politics will be of interest to researchers from across Political Science, International Relations, International Law and Economy, Security Studies, and African and Chinese Studies"-- Provided by publisher.