Redefining the China-Angola Relationship
Privatization, Development, and Disenchantment
Redefining the China-Angola Relationship
Privatization, Development, and Disenchantment
Description
Providing a comprehensive exploration of China-Angola relations from 2003 to 2025, this book unpacks historical Sino-Angolan relations and contemporary evolutions in their relationship.
China has played a pivotal role in Angola's reconstruction since the Angolan Civil War. Using archival documents and interviews, the author explores China's contribution to Angola's development and its contradictions with particular interest in the privatization of state relations, the abundance of corruption and opacity, the financial problems caused by China's intervention, debt, and Angola's disenchantment with Chinese government's interventions. Structured into three parts, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the historical context of the China-Angola relationship, analyzes the Golden Age of Sino-Angolan relations, and untangles Angola's disillusionment.
By tracing the evolution of this relationship across political, economic, and institutional dimensions, this book contributes to a deeper understanding of how African states navigate structural constraints while asserting agency in pursuit of national development.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: An Analytical Framework
Part I. History and Initial Relations Between China and Angola
1. Short Prolegomena: Historical Chinese Incursions in Africa
2. Main Interactions Between China and Angola in the 20st Century (1960s-2002)
Part II. The Golden Age of China-Angola Relations
3. The Quiet Mode: China's Subtle Entry into Angola via Oil Collateral and Private Channels
4. The Angola Model: China's Blueprint for Resource-Backed Reconstruction and Development
5. The Chinese Debt: Strategic Finance and Angola`s Development Dilemma
6. Beyond the Numbers: Corruption and Non-Transparency in China's Angolan Loan Agreements
7. Political and Diplomatic Relations with José Eduardo dos Santos
Part III. João Lourenço and the Revision of the China-Angola Model
8. Renegotiating the Chinese Debt: João Lourenço's Struggle for Fiscal Sovereignty and Strategic Autonomy (2017-2024)
9. The “Odious” Debt Doctrine: Sovereign Liability, Illegitimacy, and the Limits of International Financial Law
10. Continuity Amid Recalibration: China's Presence under João Lourenço's Presidency
11. The New Paradigm in China-Angola Relations: More Investment and Less Corruption
12. Summing Up: The Rise and Fall of Sino-Angolan Relations and the Future
References
Index
Product details
| Published | 01 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9798216390237 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 4 b&w illus and 5 tables |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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