🌍Case Study - China Flashcards
Neocolonialism
The use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies
How much of China’s foreign aid is distributed to Africa?
Over half
What have the Chinese funded?
Infrastructure programmes have created roads, railways, schools, and hospitals
Wo often carries out infrastructure programmes in Africa organised by the Chinese government?
Chinese workers
What was reported by the Human Rights Watch in 2011
. Zambian workers were being mistreated in Chinese owned copper mines
. Claims of unsafe working conditions, exploitative hours, and threats to those that complained
What did China do during the Ebola crisis?
China’s assistance was the first to reach the three worst affected countries in West Africa and they provided $120 million of medical aid
What % of Chinese lions have paid for power generation and transmission since 2000?
4%
What has been detrimental to conservation efforts?
Chinese demand for African ivory, rhinoceros’ tusk and materials from other endangered species
What is exempt from tariffs?
Fruit and textile products from Benin enter China via the New Port of Tianjin,
Who is Africa’s largest trading partner?
China
What is China doing like the US and Europe before them regarding manufacturing?
Chinese firms are now outsourcing their own manufacturing to cheaper countries
Wha did China’s foreign minister say in 2015
“China will not sacrifice Africa’s ecological environment and long-term interests”
What does China import a lot of from Africa?
Natural resources ranging from oil, iron ore, timber, and copper.
What do 1/3 of stories claim China was doing?
“Land grabbing” arable land in Africa but this has been proven to be false, and only 4% of the amount of land claimed to have been “grabbed” by China has actually been acquired
Why was Kenya’s former prime minister concerned?
The country was importing tractors from China year after year without a guarantee of a tractor manufacturing plant
What do trade patterns between China and Africa show
Mainly raw materials leaving Africa and finished goods coming back
What does China have the most of in Africa of the UN Security member?
Most peacekeepers with more than 2000 troops
How many Chinese citizens live in Africa?
1 million
How much did China invest in 2014 in African infrastructure?
£56bn
What did Chinese executives do in Zambia?
Opened fire on workers protesting poor pay and conditions at the Collum coal mine in
Zambia
What did China do in Angola?
Chinese construction firms have built an entire city (Nova Cidade de Kilamba) that still stands empty
What has China needed to do to sustain its economic growth?
Since China’s open. door policy was launched in 1978, China has needed to secure the raw materials needed to sustain its economic growth
