CHINA’S EXPANSIONISM BEYOND ASIA: THE QUEST FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND MARKETS IN AFRICA. THE CASE OF CAMEROON

B. Acma, Tekang P. Kwachuh
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The end of the wars and the cold war signaled a new dimension and the birth of new and secondary actors in the international scene. China is one such newcomer in the lamp-light in 21st Century whose relations with the African Continent have grown by leaps and bounds. Chinese Foreign Policy blueprints are enforced by mutual cooperation among developing states beyond Asia, and its emerging superpower status is on the rise. The Beijing Declaration in the year 2000 was colossally accompanied by China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the realm of economic and social development. The quest for raw materials, energy resources, and markets to feed the bourgeoning Chinese industries has pushed China into a mad rush in Africa and Cameroon in particular. This work investigates the reasons responsible for Chinese interest in Africa with special a focus on Cameroon. Also, it makes an appraisal of the socio-economic impact accruing from Sino-Cameroon ties, and lastly, the paper looks at the challenges China faces in Cameroon in keeping her economic interest buoyantly. The World System’s theory whose analysis centers on the relations between the core and periphery is utilized here. The deepening and asymmetric imbalances in this relation in favor of China have triggered debates within and without the continent in the academia and policymakers with some viewing China as a neocolonial state in disguise in line with other capitalist states since the “win-win” economic sermon preached by China is a farce with China gaining fatly.
中国在亚洲以外的扩张主义:对非洲自然资源和市场的追求。喀麦隆的案例
战争和冷战的结束标志着国际舞台上出现了一个新的层面和新的次要角色的诞生。中国是21世纪灯光下的新来者之一,与非洲大陆的关系突飞猛进。中国的外交政策蓝图是通过与亚洲以外的发展中国家的相互合作来实现的,中国正在崛起的超级大国地位正在上升。2000年《北京宣言》与中非经济社会发展领域的合作紧密相连。对原材料、能源资源和市场的追求,以满足中国蓬勃发展的工业,推动了中国在非洲和喀麦隆的疯狂发展。这项工作调查了中国对非洲的兴趣,特别关注喀麦隆的原因。此外,本文还对中喀关系带来的社会经济影响进行了评估。最后,本文探讨了中国在喀麦隆保持经济利益所面临的挑战。这里运用了以核心与边缘关系为分析中心的世界体系理论。这种有利于中国的关系的深化和不对称失衡引发了学术界和政策制定者在非洲大陆内外的争论,一些人认为中国是一个伪装成其他资本主义国家的新殖民主义国家,因为中国鼓吹的“双赢”经济说教是一场中国获利丰厚的闹剧。
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