ABSTRACT

At a time when the rise of China is a reality sui generis on the international economic, political and social landscape, African countries have also made bold to declare an African renaissance. The Chinese Diaspora in its current form results from centuries of migration. During certain periods of China's modern history, overseas Chinese Diasporas played an important role in shaping the direction of China's internal politics. There is increased recognition and consensus that the Chinese Diaspora is one of the main economic and financial resources sustaining China's economic growth since China started its economic reform at the end of 1970s. One of the remarkable features of the global institutional landscape is the presence of Africans all over the world, resulting in what is increasingly called a global Africa. Historically the relation between the African state and the Diaspora has gone from ad-hoc communion, through indifference and outright hostility to the current period of rapprochement and organized institutionalized relations.