Alden, Chris 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7033-1655 and Wu, Yu-Shan
(2016)
South African foreign policy and China: converging visions, competing interests, contested identities.
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 54 (2).
pp. 203-231.
ISSN 1466-2043
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Abstract
South Africa's burgeoning relationship with China exposes the increasing complexities of its post-apartheid international relations. On one hand bilateral relations have deepened since 1998, due to the increasing complementarities with South Africa's foreign policy priorities that emphasise developmental pragmatism and a Southward orientation within the broader African context. On the other hand this relationship emphasises the deeper schisms within South African society itself, where divergent and multi-layered perspectives on South Africa's post-apartheid identity and relationship with China, the country's largest trading partner, remains unresolved. This article maps out the nature of China–South Africa relations through a thematic approach. This allows for nuanced consideration of South Africa's contemporary foreign policy, one that remains compressed between a combination of external and domestic factors.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fccp20 |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2016 14:12 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 01:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/67110 |
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