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This volume examines China’s geopolitical positioning in Africa and within the global South. It finds that China's involvement in Africa has three main dimensions: foreign direct investment, aid and trade. In each of these dimensions, its engagement is dwarfed by those of US and European countries, and is often smaller than those of other Asian economies.

The papers in this volume identify possible arenas and strategies for intervention and influence from which to build future cooperative and solidarity endeavours between Chinese civil society and international groups. Issues analysed include:

• China, the US, and the global economy
• the environmental responsibilities of the financial industry in China
• the role and impact of Chinese economic operations in Africa
• China’s strategic infrastructural investments in Africa
• China’s rise and increasing role in Asia
• the position of civil society organisations in China today.

The authors argue for a more sophisticated debate on Chinese-African relations, and against the condemnation of China's interests in Africa by Western nations who have at best a questionable history of intervention on the continent themselves.

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