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There are a variety of critical perspectives scrutinizing the balance of power relationship between China and Africa, and China's role concerning human rights in Africa. [ 181 ] [ 182 ] Increasingly, concerns have been raised by Africans and Western observers that China's relationship with Africa is neocolonialist in nature.
Trade between China and Africa largely grew exponentially following China's joining of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the opening up of China to emigration (of Chinese people to Africa) and the free movement of companies, peoples, and products both to and from the African continent starting from the early 2000 onwards.
Despite China's efforts to support the African media infrastructure and promote China-Africa relations, African perceptions of China vary significantly and are complex. [94] In general, a case study of South Africa shows that China is perceived as a powerful trading nation and economic investments result in a positive Chinese image. [ 95 ]
David D. Hale, In the Balance: China's unprecedented growth and implications for the Asia–Pacific, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, February 2006, ISBN 1-920722-91-2; Fergus Hanson, China: stumbling through the Pacific, Lowy Institute, July 2009; Ron Crocombe, Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West, 2007, ISBN 978-982-02-0388-4
Despite its shift toward cultivating state-to-state relations with established governments, many other countries had continued to be suspicious of China's intentions. Especially in Asia, where Beijing previously supported many local communist parties, China's image as a radical power intent on fomenting world revolution continued to affect the ...
A 1912 newspaper cartoon highlighting the United States' influence in Latin America following the Monroe Doctrine A French political cartoon in 1898, China – the cake of Kings and Emperors, showing Queen Victoria of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Marianne of France and Japanese Emperor Meiji dividing China ruled by Emperor Guangxu.
The Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, or PALM, launched under a Japanese initiative in 1997, has become Japan’s key diplomatic tool to deter China’s security and economic influence in the ...
The soft power of China is the indirect and non-military influence of the People's Republic of China that can be observed outside the country around the world. [1] While soft power as a concept can be summarized as "get others to do your bidding" without resorting to hard power, it has been argued that the Chinese government uses a different approach (especially in developed countries) to "get ...