Belt and road initiative: alternative development path for Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Monograph (Book)
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE EDITOR(S): T.Simelane, L.Managa
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, CHINA, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: African Institute of South Africa (AISA)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10607
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/12965
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/12965
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE EDITOR(S): T.Simelane, L.Managa
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, CHINA, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: African Institute of South Africa (AISA)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10607
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/12965
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/12965
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Abstract
China's emphasis on infrastructure development has received support from African leaders. Its focus on infrastructure development in Africa was endorsed by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between China and the African Union on 27 January 2015. The agreement outline plans for connecting African countries through transportation infrastructure projects, including modern highways, airports, and high speed railways. At the heart of Belt and Road Initiative lies the creation of an economic land belt that includes countries on the original Silk Road through Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe, as well as a maritime 'road' that links China's port facilities with the African coast, pushing up through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean. China has from the outset emphasised that the Belt and Road Initiative will be developed within the framework of the five principles. These entails mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty; non-aggression; non-interference in each other's internal affairs; equality and mutual benefit; and peaceful coexistence.-
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