The benefits of the Sino-African cooperation from an African perspective: The case of Taiwan

• Main Authors: Hyacintha Olaitan FAUSTINO, 范佳欣
• Other Authors: Ching Chung Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 101
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36934253909071814838

碩士 === 南台科技大學 === 企業管理系 === 100 === The purpose of this study is to examine the contemporary trends, which are the basis of the Taiwanese economic involvement in Africa. Moreover, this research aims to examine the benefits and the consequences of Chinese FDI, from an African development perspective. As the western former colonies does not longer enjoys their monopoly over the African continent, other emerging nations such as the CIB triangle (China, India, Brazil) are not standing passively besides, but are very active in order to obtain a greater access to growing emerging markets and raw materials. Indeed among those three actors the most powerful and visible one is China. This research include both Taiwan and China’s policy toward Africa its aim is it to highlight the tardily but exponential way Africa is Rising, emerging countries are now standing side by side in a so called “South-South” cooperation, and taking advantage of the decreasing image of the Western nations following the economic crisis. The author wants to find out to what extend the Triangle China-Africa-Taiwan exercise its economic dominance over African states. Furthermore, the research is also challenging the relatively biased opinion carried by Western press that is mostly negative about the Asian involvement in African states as if only the investors (in our case China and Taiwan) were gaining from theirs investments. Indeed, those ambitions on the continent are far from being innocent, those nations, with China far ahead are looking forward to fulfil their needs for raw material, that is to say natural resources. The analysis of the impact of this cooperation for Africa is done via three categories of economic integration: Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), Mutual trade, and Aid. This research intends to emphasize on whether the Chinese presence in Africa is purely resource based, or if on the other hand this cooperation is really bearing fruits for the future development of African states. The originality of this study lies in its focus on a triangular (China, Taiwan & Africa) view point of economic interaction and implication as its also includes the Taiwanese Economic involvement within African markets. Hopefully the findings, based on other sources than controversial Western based articles would enable the reader to get a wider understanding of the current situation and shape their own opinion.