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China's rising position in African affairs, from that of quiescence to becoming a key economic actor on the continent, is now a well-recognized fact. The emergence of China as Africa's top trading partner and the leading source of foreign direct investment has sharpened the focus on Chinese aspiration and conduct in Africa. Two-way trade is surging and at the same time the range of reactions to greater Chinese involvement across Africa has varied from enthusiastic embrace by elites to caution from businesses, trade unions and civil society, and even hostility from some local communities. As China-Africa ties have grown in depth and complexity, it is necessary to go beyond the larger surveys to delve into a bilateral relationship to get a fuller sense of the ties today. This book explores one case in particular: the relationship between China and Mozambique and the specificities that it brings to the aforementioned general themes in China-Africa relations. It begins by examining the bilateral relationship in both its historical context and more contemporary forms. It then looks at Chinese investment in the Mozambican banking sector and at elite business alliances in agriculture and infrastructure. It also discusses the meaning and implications of the cooperation between the two countries.

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Chris Alden holds a readership in international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He taught international relations at the University of the Witwatersrand and established the East Asia Project. He has held fellowships at Cambridge University, Toky oUniversity, and École Normale Supérieure. He is a research associate of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the University of Pretoria. Sérgio Chichava is a senior researcher at the Institute of Social and Economic Studies (IESE) in Mozambique, where he leads a new research program on rising powers and development. He is a lecturer in the sociology of politics and Mozambican politics at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo and has held fellowships at Oxford University and the London School of Economics.

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