China's Footprint in East Africa: Pessimism Versus Optimism (中國在東非的足跡：悲觀與樂觀)

Wekesa, Bob

China's Footprint in East Africa: Pessimism Versus Optimism
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2024-10-09
  • 售價: $5,170
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,912
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 348
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 9819952670
  • ISBN-13: 9789819952670

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商品描述

Based on an extensive literature review, in-depth interviews, fieldwork, and anecdotal evidence, this text examines China's engagement with East Africa (notably Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) and considers these relationships through the lens of history, diplomacy, education, trade, media, cultural exchanges, and infrastructure. It probes the sentiments of pessimism, optimism, and pragmatism to explore perceptions about China in East Africa Africa. China's ancient connection to the East African coast, as well as other incidents of contact in the past, are analyzed from the viewpoint of the deployment of Chinese soft power capital in current times.

The book notably examines the significant role China is playing in the construction of new infrastructure and housing throughout East Africa and addresses China's involvement in the natural resources sector and the political debate surrounding the construction of gas and oil pipelines, itsinvestment in the tourism sector, in the news media and information and communication technology sectors as well as in educational and cultural programs.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

根據廣泛的文獻回顧、深入訪談、實地調查和經驗證據，本書探討了中國與東非（特別是盧旺達、布隆迪、肯尼亞、坦尚尼亞和烏干達）的互動，並從歷史、外交、教育、貿易、媒體、文化交流和基礎設施的角度考量這些關係。它深入探討了悲觀、樂觀和務實的情感，以探索東非對中國的看法。中國與東非海岸的古老聯繫以及過去其他接觸事件，從當前中國軟實力資本的運用角度進行分析。

本書特別探討了中國在東非新基礎設施和住房建設中所扮演的重要角色，並討論了中國在自然資源領域的參與以及圍繞天然氣和石油管道建設的政治辯論，還有其在旅遊業、新聞媒體、資訊與通信技術領域的投資，以及在教育和文化項目中的參與。

作者簡介

Dr. Wekesa is a senior lecturer at the Wits Centre for Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and deputy director at the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the same university. An undergraduate alumnus of the University of Nairobi, he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in international communication from the Communication University of China, Beijing, China in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Wekesa worked as a journalist in Kenya rising to the position of editorial director of a government newspaper. He was awarded a Commonwealth Press Union's Harry Brittain Fellowship in 2002 and is the inaugural Africa Visiting Fellow at the University of Southern California's Africa Initiative.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

韋克薩博士是南非威特沃特斯蘭大學威特新聞中心的高級講師，同時也是該大學非洲美國研究中心的副主任。他是內羅畢大學的本科校友，於2012年和2015年分別在中國北京的中國傳媒大學獲得國際傳播碩士和博士學位。韋克薩曾在肯尼亞擔任記者，並晉升為一家政府報紙的編輯主任。他於2002年獲得英聯邦新聞聯盟的哈利·布里坦獎學金，並且是南加州大學非洲倡議的首位非洲訪問學者。

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