Obert Hodzi, a scholar at Boston University’s African Studies Center and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki joins Eric and Cobus to discuss his new book, The End of China’s Non-Intervention Policy in Africa, and why he thinks this major Chinese policy shift is happening in Africa faster than in other parts of the world.
Recommendations
- “China’s Non-Interference Dilemma: Africa Shows Why Beijing Can’t Resist Mixing Business with Politics,” Earl Conteh-Morgan, Asia & the Pacific Policy Society, August 2, 2018
- Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power, Howard W. French (Knopf, 2017)
- The End of China’s Non-Intervention Policy in Africa, Obert Hodzi (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
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With an Influx of Blue Helmets and Cash, China’s Role in African Security Grows More Pervasive
China’s growing engagement with African countries got a publicity boost on September 3 and 4 with the latest Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. The triennial event brought leaders and officials from 53 African countries and the...