Stosunki międzynarodowe Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej z państwami Afryki w erze Xi Jipinga – dynamika, istota, trendy

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https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.20.2024.89.08

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People’s Republic of China (PRC), China–Africa, Xi Jinping, international order, the West, US–China rivalry

Abstract

CHINA–AFRICA RELATIONS IN THE ERA OF XI JINPING: THEIR DYNAMICS, ESSENCE, AND TRENDS


The research objective of this article is to highlight the evolution of China’s policy, under Xi Jinping’s rule, towards Africa during the emergence of the new global international order, which divided the world in to the Western and non-Western worlds, as well as to illustrate the dynamics, scale, and scope of this policy. The research hypothesis is that China’s relations with Africa have intensified over the past 25 years. The hypothesis is of both the objective and subjective dimensions. In addition to the economic and political motivations that determined China’s policy towards the African continent in 2000-2016, geostrategic conditions, post-2016, related to the redefinition of the current international order should also be taken into account. Beijing and Xi Jinping perceive Africa, as the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have demonstrated, as an important element in building an international order alternative to that of the West’s.

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Author Biography

Kamil Zajączkowski, University of Warsaw, Poland

Doktor habilitowany, dyrektor Centrum Europejskiego UW w kadencji 2020-2024 i w kadencji 2024-2028 (w latach 2016-2020 zastępca dyrektora CE UW ds. badań naukowych i współpracy międzynarodowej). Zainteresowania badawcze koncentruje wokół problemów: roli i pozycji UE w świecie, Afryki w stosunkach międzynarodowych, relacji UE z krajami Afryki Subsaharyjskiej, pomocy rozwojowej. Autor kilkudziesięciu publikacji naukowych poświęconych tej tematyce, w tym autor monografii: Misje cywilne i operacje wojskowe Unii Europejskiej w perspektywie wybranych teorii stosunków międzynarodowych i integracji europejskiej (2019), współautor monografii: Potencjał gospodarczy i możliwości rozwojowe Afryki. Polska perspektywa (2017). Brał udział w licznych międzynarodowych projektach badawczych. Wykładał na ponad 20 uczelniach europejskich i azjatyckich. Jest członkiem m.in. Polskiego Towarzystwa Studiów Międzynarodowych, Polskiego Towarzystwa Afrykanistycznego i rad naukowych zagranicznych czasopism (m.in. „On-line Journal Modelling the New Europe”).

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2024-08-19

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Zajączkowski, Kamil. 2024. “Stosunki międzynarodowe Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej Z państwami Afryki W Erze Xi Jipinga – Dynamika, Istota, Trendy”. Politeja 21 (2(89):159-86. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.20.2024.89.08.

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International relations in Africa