Problem: Human Rights Violations In Sino-Africa Cooperation

• China’s inroads into Africa come at the expense of Africa’s citizens. Says Bremmer, “The Chinese quid pro quo typically involves lots of Chinese content, lots of Chinese labor that they’re sending over to these countries to work, which hurts local unemployment issues. And of course, the availability of commodities, including food, to be exported to China. There’s sometimes a Faustian bargain in these countries.”

First, Africa was finally given a place in the international community because of New Imperialism. For hundreds of years, an entire fifth of the inhabited Earth was excluded from the world’s most important decisions. But because of New Imperialism, they were able to

Modern African states have various problems ranging from corruption, to armed conflict, to stunted structural development. Africa’s ongoing political instability and economic crisis have hindered the improvement of Africa. Thus, the lack of money, advancement in technology, and climate has hampered economic development. Despite European mistreatment and oppression African’s have endured hardships that have encouraged economy, education, and political

The People’s Republic of China with a population 1.3 billion, is the third largest country in the world and has a land size of 960,000 square kilometres. It is a rapidly growing economy, with living standards being raised every year. However, human rights violations are still a part of daily life in some part of China and can still be seen in the present time. The most controversial issues include discrimination, right to live and not to be subject to torture, freedom of religion, opinion, to fair public hearing, rights to family and the right of movement. (The Consulate General of The People's Republic of China, 2003),(Infoplease, 2009)

Africa is an extremely vast land comprised of unimaginable wealth in natural resources, and an even richer history. Sadly its exiguous population, whom many believe to be the oldest in the world, is completely impoverished, underdeveloped and marred with limited and corrupt governance. The people of Africa have been the victims of cultural rape time and time again-by Arab slave traders, adventurous European explores who found that the African people are worth more than gold and forced them to pay with their soul, exploited by colonial “do-gooders”and ravaged by self-serving neighbors, just to name a few. Strategies of Western nations to help bring salvation to the African people from earth’s torture and misery, always seemed to fail. Therefore it’s hard to believe anyone in Africa had any hope left in them at all. For a good majority of African people China’s entry and immersion into their land couldn’t have come fast enough, yet there were many others, foreign and domestic whom only harbored suspicion, and doubt regarding their new colonizers and for good reason, history has not been kind. This essay will first explore the driving forces behind China’s immersion into Africa, next I will delve into explaining the differences in how Western nations and China are handling African problems. Next I will discuss the pros and cons of Chinas neo-colonization and conclude the essay with why I believe China is just a wolf in sheep’s clothing denying imperialistic objectives.

Before covering French’s experiences within Africa, it is important to address the two types of influence that China exerts over Africa. This influence or way of controlling their interests within the country is initially subject to a time period during the late 20th century where much of Africa’s foreign policy

As China’s economy has progressed they have become more eligible to invest into other countries. As of recent China has been investing into Africa. In May 2014 China’s premier, Li Keqiang, toured Africa for the first time since he took office in 2013. He visited Ethiopia, Nigeria, Angola, and Kenya and met with numerous leaders to discuss the developing relationships between the countries. In conclusion to the premier’s visit he gave a pledge for an additional 12 billion USD in credit and funding in hope of boosting the economic development of the continent… China is forecasted to become one of the biggest overseas investors by 2020.

China’s ‘peaceful rise’ policy defined China’s foreign relations strategy since Deng Xiaoping promote the ‘opening up’ philosophy since 1979. China acknowledges the significance of international cooperation and global governance to its economic development, as Barry Buzan observed, ‘China put its own economic development as top priority, and deduced from that the need for stability in its international relations both regionally and globally’. What is more, in 2005, Zheng Bijian wrote that ‘China’s peaceful rise will further open its economy so that its population can serve as a growing market for the rest of the world, thus providing increased opportunities for – rather than posing a threat to – the international

Chain also exploit Africa's raw materials today, causing the value and money from the natural resources to go back to East Asia rather than say in Africa, further increasing the poverty. In an article in the Journal of Contemporary China by Joshua Eisenman titled “China –Africa Trade Patterns: causes and consequences.” Eisenman targets China’s economic growth and development that has been gained by the Chinese just from simply tapping into Africa’s market of resources. Due to the Chinese population, there is a high demand for natural resources in China. However, China’s fascination in poor African countries has resulted into anti-Chinese sentiment from African communities. For example, at a soccer game “fans chanting ‘Chinese go home’ rioted and attacked Chinese

“The New Great Game: China and South and Central Asia in the Era of Reform” (2016) by Thomas Fingar. He described in his book that the growth of China has generated mixed reaction of elicited envy, admiration, and fear among its neighbors. Although much has been written about this, previous coverage portrays events as determined almost entirely by Beijing. Such accounts minimize or ignore the other side of the equation: namely, what individuals, corporate actors, and governments in other countries do to attract, shape, exploit, or deflect Chinese involvement. The New Great Game analyzes and describes how Chinese policies and priorities affix with the goals and actions of other states in the region. To explore the reciprocal nature of relations

To summarize Zedong’s views, he says, “We must treat these foreign materials as we do our food, which should be chewed in the moth, submitted to the working of the stomach and intestines, mixed with saliva, gastric juice, and then separated into essence to be absorbed and waste matter to be discarded” Although recognizing that foreign presence may not be ideal for the Republic of China, there must be some ideas, which China can take from to attach to their perceived ideals and form its own identity molded to the uniqueness of the Chinese culture. He uses this same analogy in regards to Marxism and says “it must not be applied subjectively as a mere formula.” Where Fenon deviates from Zedong’s ideology is he speaks less about the role of Western culture and more in the importance of rehabilitating forgotten ideas and puts the African nation’s cultures above all else with little to no compromise. Fenon states, “A frequent mistake, and one which is moreover hardly justifiable is to try to find cultural expressions for and to give new values to native culture within the framework of colonial domination.

In the past decade, China’s foreign policy has alarmed their neighbors prompting the United States to take a proactive role in the Asia-Pacific. Nonetheless, China continues to test the waters with the United States. The 2010 Senkuku Boat Collision Incident revealed how effective Chinese economic sanctions were in compelling Japan to release the Minjinyu 5719 crew. Consequently, the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership remains confident that their economic clout will insulate China from retaliation as they continue to advance their national interest.

While it is no secret that China seeks to become a great power, her goals are juxtapose to many other nations who sought the same goal over the last century. China is not out to impose an ideology upon the rest of the world as the Soviet Union did, nor does she plan to become a great military-industrial power as did Japan. China’s goals are multi-dimensional and seek slow and steady progress over the long run. In this respect, China is acting more like America: seeking to shape the world to fit its needs, rather than reacting to the world as others shape

Ghana is gaining money from trading with China. They have gained $1.4 billion and 86.7 of their resources are going to China. Ghana has a lot of poverty, but also many places that are rich. Based on the ABC-Clio Solutions, China is 22.3% of the import partners. Imperialism in Ghana is different because some of the Chinese workers in Ghana are given negative attitudes and Cui Shoujun spent 3 months there investigating the workers. There are negative attitudes towards Chinese investment. In fact, views here are sharply divided. Ghanaian academics and government mostly welcome Chinese investment, believing it drives economic growth on the continent. But opponents point to negative factors such as political motivations, poor working conditions and a lack of respect for human rights, and this view is often expressed in the media. China is represented as not playing by the rules of the game and damaging Ghana’s economic

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has become more integrated and willing to cooperate within the global political and economic systems than ever in its history. However, there is growing apprehension in the Asia-Pacific region and the U.S. in regards to the consequences of rising in economic and military power in China. Descriptions about Chinese diplomacy in the policy and scholarly are less positive lately concerning China’s obedience to regional and international rules. There was little debate in the U.S. and elsewhere in regards to whether China was or was not part “the international community.” Scholars and experts in the early 1990s have contended