China’s domestic situation and its engagement with Africa indicate a drastic shift in China’s checkbook diplomacy approach.
Christian-Géraud Neema is a nonresident scholar in the Carnegie Africa Program. He is an expert analyst on China-Africa relations. Currently, he serves as the Africa editor of the China-Global South Project. He is a frequent commentator and contributor on China’s engagement in the mining sector in Africa and the political economy of the mining sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for various international media and research institutions. Previously he has worked as a project manager for a Congolese mining company in the DRC and as a consultant on good governance and policy advocacy for a Jesuit research center in the same country.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in International Politics from Renmin University of China and a master’s degree in International Development from the International University of Japan. His research focused on natural resources revenue management in resources-rich countries.
China’s domestic situation and its engagement with Africa indicate a drastic shift in China’s checkbook diplomacy approach.