Abstract
Africa remains the most development-challenged continent in the world. It also has a unique demographic specificity, with more than 60% of its population under age 25, and the attendant pressures on its human development architecture, systemic stability, national development, and maneuverability in the international system. That the continent remains a basket case of development despite its rich history, and an extensive array of natural resources, which should ordinarily propel economic growth and development, compels some explanations beyond mainstream narratives. In contradistinction, since its opening up in the late 1970s, China’s economy has expanded rapidly. Its export orientation quickly propelled the economy to second place in the world in terms of size. This chapter unravels the wider dimensions of cooperation between China and Africa as a window to explicating the continent’s place in a changing global system, signposted by China’s growing assertiveness and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Oluwafemi ‘Femi’ Mimiko, N. (2022). Sino-African Relations and Trends for the Post-Covid-19 Global Order. In: Oloruntoba, S.O., Falola, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Africa and the Changing Global Order. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77481-3_31
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