Obert Hodzi

Obert Hodzi is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki and a Visiting Researcher at the African Studies Center at Boston University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Lingnan University in 2016. His research interests include the foreign policy of China, emerging powers, South-South power dynamics, and governance in Africa.

Previously, he has worked as a visiting scholar at the Renmin University of China and at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He was also a governance advisor in Zimbabwe.

Hodzi is the author of The End of China’s Non-Intervention Policy in Africa.

Last Updated: October 29, 2018

The End of China’s Non-Intervention Policy in Africa

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Obert Hodzi discusses 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.{chop}