ABSTRACT

This chapter examines the People's Republic of China's (PRC's) foreign policies toward Africa starting with the Bandung Conference, to the collective self-reliance projects revolving around the railroad between Tanzania and Zambia to the strategic development and investment regimes in the twenty-first century. It also examines the US response to Beijing's African development and investment policies as well as Chinese efforts in select Latin American states. The Sino-Soviet rift contributed to the demise of Afro-Asian solidarity. China's attempt to forge an Afro-Asian anti-Soviet and anti-White bloc within the Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization (AAPSO) also contributed to this development. Beijing's first aid recipients in Africa reflected ideological interests. Many leaders in the Third World had to rethink their self-reliance and non-capitalist approach to development as a result of the global economic crisis and Washington Consensus on the world economy. China introduced four SEZs two years following the party's Eleventh National Congress in December 1978.