ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE POLICY IN AFRICA: THE RIVALRY BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN

IF 1.4 2区 社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Sigit Sigit, Nadya Carollina, Jefferson Winata Bachtiar
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This paper aims to analyze the China and Japan rivalry on economic assistance policy in Africa using a qualitative method and nationalinterest as the conceptual framework. The land of Africa has abundant reserves of natural resources, such as dense forestry andmineral resources which naturally will attract foreign investors. The first foreign investors in Africa were westerners. Within the grip oftheir iron fists, Africa experienced a bitter history of slavery and colonialization. This rooted problem remains unresolved and causesa significant political atrophy until this day, and has resulted in the incapability of the Africa nations to resolve their own respectiveproblems. Given such a state of affairs, these former colonies in Africa have always been longing for foreign assistance, especiallyafter the post-Cold War Era. Thus, the abandonment of former colonies gave the opportunity for the Eastern powers, such Chinaand Japan to establish a foothold in Africa, namely Japan with its Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)and China its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Through the TICAD, Japan emphasizes the importance of “Africa’s Ownership” in all itsinfrastructure development cooperation initiatives. On the other hand, Chinese assistance can be characterised as indiscriminate, reciprocal, and non-interference in internal affairs. This paper suggests that both China and Japan have their own respective agenda on how to conduct diplomacy in Africa. They even share the same goals vis-a-vis Africa, which are economic and political domination and a keen interest in exploiting the available natural energy resources. 
非洲经济援助政策:中日之争
本文以国家利益为概念框架,采用定性方法分析中日两国在非洲经济援助政策上的竞争。非洲拥有丰富的自然资源,如茂密的森林和矿产资源,自然会吸引外国投资者。非洲的第一批外国投资者是西方人。在他们的铁腕统治下,非洲经历了奴役和殖民的痛苦历史。这一根深蒂固的问题至今仍未得到解决,造成严重的政治萎缩,并导致非洲国家无法解决各自的问题。在这种情况下,这些非洲前殖民地一直渴望得到外国援助,特别是在后冷战时代之后。因此,放弃前殖民地为中国和日本等东方大国在非洲建立立足点提供了机会,即日本通过其东京非洲发展国际会议(TICAD)和中国的“一带一路”倡议(BRI)。通过TICAD,日本在其所有基础设施发展合作倡议中强调“非洲自主”的重要性。另一方面,中国的援助可以被描述为不分青红皂白、互惠互利和不干涉内政。本文认为,中日两国都有各自的非洲外交议程。他们甚至对非洲有着相同的目标,即经济和政治统治以及对开发现有自然能源的强烈兴趣。
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