The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa

by Deborah Brautigam

Book Overview

Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support for pariah regimes, regiments of Chinese labor, and the ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in some of the poorest countries in the world sparked fierce debates. These...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199550220
• ISBN13: 9780199550227
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"