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Kenya's and Zambia's Relations with China 1949-2019 (Hardcover)
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Kenya's and Zambia's Relations with China 1949-2019 (Hardcover)
Series: Eastern Africa Series
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Examines the history of post-colonial Kenya's and Zambia's
relations with the People's Republic of China from ideological,
political, economic and social perspectives. Africa has become a
major platform from which to analyse and understand China's growing
influence in the global South. Yet, the impact of their historical
relationship has been largely overlooked. Through the triangulation
of the global Cold War, African history, and Chinese history, this
study provides a detailed analysis of China-Africa relations in the
second half of the 20th century. Examining the encounters,
conflicts, and dynamics of China-Kenya/Zambia relations from the
1950s until the present, as well as the basis on which historical
narratives have been constructed, the book presents two contrasting
state perspectives underlining the concept of 'African agency'.
Driven by a class-based analysis of world revolution, Communist
China's foreign policy did not distinguish significantly between
Kenya and Zambia. Both countries sought ideological and material
support from China in the years after their independence. The Kenya
African National Union under both Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi
pursued a consistently pragmatic foreign agenda, and despite
political tensions and ideological rifts with China since the
mid-1960s, Sino-Kenyan trade has continued to grow steadily. In
contrast, China-Zambia relations under Kenneth Kaunda were cordial
despite their political differences. Zambian leaders maintained a
relatively high consensus that any alleged Chinese Communist threat
would not be allowed to fuel power struggles within their United
National Independence Party. Challenging both the widely accepted
role of China-Africa's historical lineage, as well as the tendency
to assume uniformity in China's relationships across the continent,
the author explains the development of these relationships and
sheds light on the historical underpinnings - or lack thereof - on
contemporary China-Africa relations.
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