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Title
China's Resources-for-Infrastructure Deals: The Sicomines Case and Neocolonialism |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/135686 |
Date
2020 |
Author(s)
Kort, Loes de |
Contributor(s)
Links, Stacey |
Abstract
As a result of intensifying China-Africa relations, China has signed multiple resources-for-infrastructure deals with African nations. These deals consist of loans for infrastructure development which are to be repaid with profits gained from oil or mineral extraction. They are heavily criticized, and China's role is often scrutinized for being neocolonial. This study focuses on the largest and most well-known resources-for-infrastructure deal, the Sicomines agreement, which was signed between China and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through in-depth examination of the Sicomines case and a study of Kwame Nkrumah's conceptualization of neocolonialism, this research has found that although a number of aspects of the Sicomines deal are not beneficial to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Sicomines agreement cannot fully be considered neocolonialist. |
Subject(s)
Sicomines agreement; Neocolonialism; Resources-for-infrastructure deals; Kwame Nkrumah; China-Democratic Republic of Congo relations |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Bachelor thesis |
Repository
Leiden - University of Leiden
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