Episode 9.2 Past, Present and Future of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa
Description
From infrastructural projects to the erection of military ports, China’s involvement in Africa as being purely an economic venture has long been contested. Similar to selected countries involved in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, China’s investment in Africa takes on a strategic character. However, its degree of compatibility with African governments’ interests is arguably undermined by differing motivations.
Drawing from the previous discussion in episode 9.1 over China’s foreign policy towards Africa, our moderator, Angela, and Min Jing, a writer from UCL Asiatic Affairs, together with Lisa, Larissa and Stephen from UCL African Conference will be further exploring China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its role in African development in this episode. In addition to visible current implications, the episode extrapolates into the advancing economic frontier before deliberating over the future of the Project in Africa.
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