Why does China run one of the world's largest short-term training
programmes, with plans to bring 30,000 Africans to China between
2013 and 2015? Why does it give generous support to 31 Confucius
Institutes teaching Mandarin and Chinese culture at many of
Africa's top universities from the Cape to Cairo? Why is China one
of the very few countries to increase the number of full
scholarships for Africans to study in its universities, a total of
18,000 anticipated between 2013 and 2015? China claims to have been
involved for 60 years in South-South cooperation of mutual benefit
to China and Africa. While its dramatic economic and trade impact,
particularly on Africa, has caught global attention, little focus
has yet been given to its role as an education donor - and
especially to the critical role of China's support for training and
human resource development for Africans in China, and within Africa
itself. It is vital that we understand what is going on, and why
education is so important in China-Africa relations. Here is hard
evidence from Ethiopia, South Africa and Kenya of the dramatic
growth of China's soft power and increasing impact in
capacity-building, and of the implications of this for Africa,
China and the world. Kenneth King is Professor Emeritus, University
of Edinburgh, where he was Director of the Centre of African
Studies for 20 years. Since 2007, he has been international advisor
for China's largest Institute of African Studies.
General
| Imprint: |
James Currey
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
African Issues |
| Release date: |
May 2013 |
| First published: |
2013 |
| Authors: |
Kenneth King
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84701-065-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-84701-065-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781847010650 |
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