China and Africa: A New Paradigm of Global Business

299 Pages·2017·2.79 MB·English

by  Young-Chan Kim (eds.)

Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series
Series Editor: Rosalie Tung
China and
Africa
A New Paradigm of
Global Business
Edited by
Young-Chan Kim
The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series
Series Editor
Rosalie Tung
Beedie School of Business
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Young-Chan Kim
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China and Africa
A New Paradigm of Global Business
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Young-Chan Kim
International Business and Economics
University of Greenwich
London, United Kingdom
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Acknowledgement
Since joining the China Research Centre at the University of Greenwich
and working in the West–East academic collaboration project for British
students, I gradually became accustomed to the Chinese research prac-
tices which paved the way for further research projects with distinguished
Chinese researchers. Furthermore, via further collaborations with part-
ner universities from several Chinese provinces such as Shenzhen,
Guangzhou, Beijing and Hong Kong I successfully managed to bridge
the dichotomy between our institution and the East by increasing the
provision of internship schemes with companies that had significant
affiliations with China and the East. Growing up in a Confucius society,
and embarking on a compilation of research projects in British universi-
ties from the outset of my Master’s and Ph.D.’s Degree permitted me to
illustrate an ‘impartial’ view of China and her global status, unalike the
general consensus re China that is prevalent in the West. Nevertheless, as
far as research regarding China is concerned, there still exist two dispa-
rate perspectives regarding her global status. The Western perspective of
a ‘Red China’ and the Chinese perspective of her is the alternate super-
power to the USA. As a South Korean, I endeavoured to exhibit a view
that served as the via media, concerning China’s progress in line with
the Asian development theory, while further attempting to evaluate the
concerns that were presented in the Western argument. Hence, the desire
v
vi Acknowledgement
to reach a common ground was the fundamental reason for pursuing the
Asian Business series.
Ever since the China series was launched to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of Chinese independence, many individuals from the busi-
ness and academic sector alike encouraged me to pursue projects such as
this and for that I am eternally grateful. Furthermore, since the publica-
tion of the Chinese Global Production Networks in the ASEAN, and the
US Firms’ Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry as part of the
Asian Business series, various communication channels have formed in
academics and business between the USA, EU and China. Researching
for subsequent projects which are in their preliminary stages, such as
‘China and Digital Economy’, ‘China and Western Europe’, ‘China and
the US’ and ‘China, Japan and Korea,’ has made me realise the unfath-
omable nature of research into a nation like China.
From the outset of the project, the response was remarkable with a
plethora of apt individuals pledging their support for the book. First and
foremost, my sincere thanks go to all of the contributors, who through-
out the last 20 months have ceaselessly worked to enable this proposal
to materialise. Despite their demanding schedules, they have continu-
ously worked alongside I to ensure that the disparate disciplines of the
participants synthesised with ease to produce a refined piece of literature.
Further thanks go to all my colleagues, especially Professor Bruce Cronin,
Dr Adotey Bing-Pappoe who are also at the University of Greenwich,
and the two anonymous reviewers from Royal Holloway and the SOAS,
University of London, and Professor Gunter Schubert from University
Tubingen, Professor Kjeld Erik Brodsgarrd from Copenhagen Business
School, Professor Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao from Academia Sinica
whose invaluable input laid the foundations for the project. The reviewer
from Palgrave Macmillan, who introduced us to a revolutionised theory
that harmonised with our core objectives, enabled our project to gain
greater prestige. Special thanks further go to Ms Liz Barlow and Ms
Madeleine Holder from Palgrave for her continuous support and invalu-
able editorial advice throughout the course of the entire project. Without
the input of every individual mentioned afore, the project would still be
in its infancy; thus, I am sincerely thankful to each and every one of you.
Acknowledgement vii
Last but not least, many thanks go to my next generation—Seung-
Gyum and Yong-Gyum and Gichan Yoon—their continuous support
and constructive suggestions from the perspectives of the future genera-
tion that are due to collaborate on a greater scale with China, greatly
enriched the contents of the book. I furthermore wish to extend my deep
gratitude to Mr Ye Liu Chun, Mrs He Hui Mei and Ye Ying from Hakka
family in Xining and Meizhou, Guangdong China, who inspired and
helped my study of Chinese research since 2010.
Contents
1 Introduction: The Global Shift in Economic Power
to Asia and the Challenges of Africa’s Industrialisation
in the Twenty-First Century 1
Lauren Okolo
Part I Chinese Perspective in Africa 21
2 ‘Safari Tour’ and Zhou’s Dream of Mao’s Land in Africa 23
Young-Chan Kim
3 From White Elephants to Flying Geese: China in Africa
a New Model for Development or More of the Same 55
Marina Thorborg
4 Cyrildene Chinatown, Suburban Settlement, and Ethnic
Economy in Post-Apartheid Johannesburg 81
Liang Xu
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5 China’s Energy Diplomacy Towards Africa from
the Perspective of Politics 105
Cheng Aiqin and Cai Jianhong
Part II Chinese Companies in Africa 153
6 The China Challenge: Cameroonians Between
Discontent and Popular Admiration 155
Ute Röschenthaler and Antoine Socpa
7 The Economic Determinants of Chinese Foreign Direct
Investment in Egypt 189
Hany Elshamy
8 Learning to Collaborate: The Case Study of
a Chinese–Kenyan CSR Effort 199
Irene Yuan Sun and Wang Yuan
9 China and Namibia: An All-Weather
Friendship Investigated 219
Henning Melber
10 “Unequal Sino-African Relations”: A Perspective
from Africans in Guangzhou 243
Dong Niu
11 Conclusion: An Argument for a Development Paradigm
in Africa That Reconciles the Washington Consensus
with the Beijing Model 263
Simplice A. Asongu and Jacinta C.Nwachukwu
Index 285