Since China has got the greatest world economy, it has been playing an important economic role internationally. Providing economic aid is considered one of the most significant economic roles played by China. This made developing countries resort to China in lieu of western global institutions to dodge their conditions. China gives its aid in different forms in order to boost its economic linkage with the world and make its aid systems match the form of different regimes.
This study shows China’s objectives of using its economic aid in Africa, which range between security, economic and political interests. Opinions vary as regards whether Chinese aids serve African development or they are just a new form of colonization. The study presents a discussion on the supporting and opposing opinions concerning the Chinese economic aid in Africa. It further tackles the way the African states deal with Chinese economic aid. Some African states managed to adjust their policy to avail themselves of Chinese economic growth, while some states have been badly damaged by the Chinese policies.
In addition to this, the study handles the way Chinese policies led to the control of the African states’ policies to serve its own interest besides the vision of major states like Russia, the United States and the states of the European Union towards Chinese intervention in Africa.
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