Author: James Shikwati.

Will China's entry into Africa be any different from the traditional model where powerful nations have exploited the continent's natural resources? Can Africans jointly with the Chinese craft a win-win strategy in their cooperation? Bringing together various points of view from scholars and thought leaders from both China and Africa, this book gives an update on China-Africa relations in the fields of trade, development, peace and security, and cultural exchanges. Issues addressed in Part 1, Trade and development: China-Africa economic relations (He Wenping); Africa's (regional) integration and sino-Africa cooperation (Tang Xiao, James Shikwati); relevance of Chinese support for infrastructure in Kenya (Joseph Onjala); China's geostrategic and resources interest in the Horn of Africa and Kenya-Somalia offshore border disputes (Abdi Jama Ghedi); sustainable development and sino-African low-carbon cooperation (Liang Yijian). Part 2, Peace and security, contains four chapters on China's peace and security role in Africa (by Zhang Chun, Bertha Z. Osei-Hwedie, Paul Odhiambo, Wiseman Mupindu). Part 3, Cultural and people to people exchanges, has contributions on cultural similarity and mutual learning (Li Anshan); the ethnographic study of contemporary Africa from the perspective of China (Shi Lin); African agency in China in relations at the people to people level (Lloyd G. Adu Amoah). Part 4, Reflections on China-Africa relations, contains chapters on the Arab Spring and Sino-African relations (Hicham Hafid and Mustapha Machrafi); China's neo-colonialism in Africa: a historical study of the China-Africa economic relations (Eginald P. Mihanjo); engagement of China and India in Africa (Adams Oloo); sino-African development cooperation (David-Ngendo Tshimba); mutual attractions (Macharia Munene); China-Africa cooperation (Denise A.O. Kodhe). Part 5, Benefits and challenges of implementing the 5th FOCAC (Forum on China-Africa Cooperation) Ministerial Conference, has contributions on the sustainable development of China-Africa relations (Liu Hongwu) and Kenya's implementation of the 4th FOCAC Plan of Action (Joseph ONjala). Concluding contributions are written by James Shikwati and Guo Wei. The annex contains the Beijing Declaration of the 5th FOCAC Ministerial Conference and its Action Plan (2013-2015). [ASC Leiden abstract]