China s Rapid Economic Transformation and the Active Changes of its African Policy

Abstract

The pace and scale of China's economic transformation have no historical precedent.Since opening up to foreign trade and investment and implementing free market reforms in 1979, China has been among the world fastestgrowing economies.China is now the world largest economy (on a purchasing power parity basis).The paper examines China's rapid economic rise and the subtle changes that it has instituted in its foreign policy towards Africa.The author argues that since 1980s, China's foreign policy, more specifically, its African policy, has been decided by its strategy of development, and therefore undergone two strands of foreign policy changes in China Africa policy i.e. a shift from ideological considerations to economic diplomacy and a shift from a single form of aid to multiple channels of cooperation.In contrast to most analysts' claim that China's policy changed in recent years owing to its thirsty for oil and other natural resources in Africa.The change is closely linked with the transformation of Chinas' grand strategy.To analyze foreign policy change, the paper adopts Joakim Eidenfalk ( 2006) foreign policy change model which is one of the most relevant when applied to China's relations with Africa.

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