Exploitation dressed in a suit, shining shoes, and carrying a suitcase full of dollars: What does China want in Africa?
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...Other scholars agree that growing engagement between developing countries and China has weakened Western influence in the developing world and hindered Western efforts to promote human rights (Mlambo, 2018; Regilme & Hartmann, 2018; Woods, 2008)....
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...…2011; Simmons, 2009), my findings suggest that illiberal emerging powers like China are reducing transnational pressures by taking a no-strings approach to trade (Mlambo, 2018) and by undertaking efforts to weaken the international human rights regime (Flores-Mac ıas & Kreps, 2013; Piccone, 2018a)....
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...…(Regilme & Hartmann, 2018).7 China’s no-strings-attached approach to aid and trade makes it an attractive partner to developing countries with poor human rights records – certainly relative to Western countries that tie economic partnership to democracy and human rights (Mlambo, 2018)....
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...China’s no-strings-attached approach to aid and trade makes it an attractive partner to developing countries with poor human rights records – certainly relative to Western countries that tie economic partnership to democracy and human rights (Mlambo, 2018)....
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...Whereas earlier work had suggested that transnational forces pressure developing countries to improve human rights protections (Hafner-Burton, 2011; Simmons, 2009), my findings suggest that illiberal emerging powers like China are reducing transnational pressures by taking a no-strings approach to trade (Mlambo, 2018) and by undertaking efforts to weaken the international human rights regime (Flores-Mac ıas & Kreps, 2013; Piccone, 2018a)....
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...These loans are largely classified as non-official development aid such as export credits, suppliers’ credits, commercial, and not concessional, among others.11 As a result, around 15 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa’s total debt is to the Chinese government (Mlambo, 2019)....
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