التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
How China's Debt-Trap Diplomacy Works in African Countries: Evidence from Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and Djibouti. |
| المؤلفون: |
Al-Fadhat, Faris, Prasetio, Hari |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Asian & African Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.); Aug2024, Vol. 59 Issue 5, p1463-1483, 21p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
BELT & Road Initiative, MIDDLE-income countries, ECONOMIC expansion, BORDERLANDS, DEBT |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
CHINA |
| مستخلص: |
Since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was initiated in 2013, China under Xi Jinping has continued to expand its capital to various countries. This expansion is part of China's strategy to shore up its position as a major global economic and political power vis-à-vis the United States. As nearly 70 countries have joined the BRI network, this economic cooperation scheme contributes to economic growth and helps close the infrastructure gap. Nevertheless, the case of China's capital expansion in Africa has shown mixed results, where some economies are becoming more dependent and even facing a debt trap. This article addresses why such economic cooperation has turned into a debt trap for countries in the African region. Applying the concept of Structural Power in examining China's investment in Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and Djibouti, this article argues that the debt trap has been caused by the structural disparity between China as an investor and African countries as investment recipients. China, in this case, has a more dominant "good" aspect, while African countries are more in "need." This article also contends that the debt trap is a strategy carried out by the Chinese government to dominate the African economies in the long run. The three case studies are valuable as they represented different geographical locations in the region and portray a border of lower middle-income countries in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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