TY - BOOK AU - Aidi,Hisham TI - China's economic statecraft in Africa U1 - 337.5106 23E PY - 2018/// CY - Rabat PB - Publications of The Policy Center for the New South N1 - Policy Brief - August 2018, PB-18/25; Bibliogr. p. 8-9 N2 - Africa, preeminent recipient of Chinese aid, has benefited greatly from Chinese low-rate loans, infrastructure projects and trade relations. Consequently, these massive investments cause analysts to question whether this Chinese expansionism constitutes a new form of colonialism. The author examines the different economic intervention tools of Beijing, the Chinese capital's economic engagement in the continent, and the long-term strategy of China in Africa. He also addresses approval ratings of Chinese engagement by both the elites and the general population of Africa UR - http://www.fondation.org.ma/dsp/index/a669718-18 ER -