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Chinese political and economic gains in Africa have been increasing at an alarming rate. Despite the fact that some of these have been favourable, China's presence in Africa has received considerable criticism. African states have similarly responded to this Chinese trend with most of them enjoying Chinese support ranging from economic development to political involvements. These however are mostly embraced by the so-called undemocratic states. China has a core direction on how they carry out their relations with any foreign nation. This paper aims at explaining these policies and see how effective they have been for the parties involved. The article is supported by qualitative data accessed from scholarly writings, the government publishes, articles, and also from web pages. Because the subject is broad in scope, a range of challenges was encountered relating to the authenticity of the sources. Similarly, the topic is rich in content; some parts of the coexistence of the relations shared by these two regions have been left out. Much emphasis has been directed toward economic relations without leaving out the social and political aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One Belt One Road project (One Belt One Road-OBOR), which is planned to be completed in the centenary of the People's Republic of China, is China's global hegemony initiative, designed to increase the influence of the Chinese state in global politics in 21st century. One of the most important routes of this initiative is the African continent with its resources and human potential. With the OBOR project, China puts special emphasis on Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Egypt by including the African continent through the sea silk route. The main purpose of this study is to reveal the impact of the People's Republic of China on African countries in the long term by examining the importance of the African continent for the OBOR project. Another aim of the study is to examine the debt-trap diplomacy applied by China in detail. The main hypothesis of the study is the idea that the African region will be economically dependent on the Chinese state within the scope of the OBOR project and that China will exercise political control over this region. This is the biggest danger awaiting African countries, as stated in the title of the article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scholars usually examine African images of the Chinese to understand African responses to Chinese economic expansion, yet they rarely observe that a constructed image of Africa has been built up in China. That image is intrinsically racist and promotes the idea that Chinese investment can somehow "rescue" Africans from their "laziness." This paper analyses the enduring legend of the Baoding villages, constructed to persuade the Chinese public that Chinese farmers could easily make their fortunes and win respect in Africa. A review of the history of Sino--African agricultural cooperation reveals that this fabricated narrative was convincing because it reinforced Chinese perceptions of African inferiority and reproduced existing ideologies of foreign aid and propaganda concerning policy effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Copyright of Journal of International Relations / Medzinarodne Vztahy is the property of University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of International Relations and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)