LLL: Global Politics (China, Africa & USA)

Coming Monday, April 19 at 7 p.m. via YouTube livestream

HERE IS THE LINK: https://youtu.be/UDZ0SuQfOAU  

Global Politics: China's Investments and Relation with Africa
Presented by Alexa Royden, Associate Professor, Political Science & Sociology Department, Queens University

Dr. Royden returns to LLL for the fifth time to provide us with the background of China's inroads in Africa and outline what the United States needs to do to advance our influence in this important region. China's relationship with Africa cannot be separated from the continent's own fraught history of anti-colonial struggle. In the 1950s China had just achieved its own communist victory and Africa was struggling against both European colonial occupation and broader Western attempts at neo-colonial control. China emerged as a prominent supporter of Africa's anti-colonial struggle during this era. While China's subsequent relationship with Africa was quite different, this early era set the parameters that have structured the relationship to this day. From this base China has used its financial and its non-financial policies and support to embed itself as a major player in all that takes place in Africa's development. During this period, many US policies were not helpful in thwarting China's influence and in advancing US interests toward gaining a foothold as an important player in Africa. 

Learn more about Professor Royden at this link to her faculty web site.