Researcher: Elishua Ngoma, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Supervisor: Professor Rod Alence, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Over the past two decades Sino-Africa bilateral and multilateral relations have increased at a tremendous rate. Resulting in China becoming the largest trading partner of many African countries. China’s ever-growing economy and population has resulted in a strategic scramble for resources. Its unorthodox approach towards the procurement of these natural resources has resulted in it facing enormous global criticism, much of which is targeted at its perceived apathy towards human rights violations and corrupt governance. A dominant narrative within mainstream media is that china specifically targets ill governed states for trade and aid relations. This capstone project sought to find out if there was any credibility to these narratives
