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China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Three Diverse African Countries: A Comparative Approach

In: New Nationalisms and China's Belt and Road Initiative

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  • Theo Neethling

    (University of the Free State)

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project has increasingly enjoyed prominence in Chinese policymaking and economic planning as the BRI involves several state and business actors from countries in different regions. The vast majority of African countries have signed up and thus form part of projects aimed at building transport and energy infrastructure in the relevant countries, especially ports, roads, railways, and power plants. This chapter explains that China is not following any particular or singular BRI approach to countries on the African continent. A variety of approaches are followed in African countries and the priorities of Chinese BRI investments on the continent thus differ from country to country. The BRI experiences of three countries in three different regions of the African continent are specifically analysed in this chapter, namely the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, and Djibouti. The chapter also intends to reflect on the main political-economic strategic considerations underlying the BRI.

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  • Theo Neethling, 2022. "China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Three Diverse African Countries: A Comparative Approach," Springer Books, in: Julien Rajaoson & R. Mireille Manga Edimo (ed.), New Nationalisms and China's Belt and Road Initiative, chapter 0, pages 41-52, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-08526-0_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08526-0_4
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