South Africa–China Relations : A Partnership of Paradoxes (1st ed. 2021)

With the pace of trade and investment picking up, coupled with closer international cooperation with Beijing through the G20, FOCAC and BRICS grouping, South Africa-China ties are assuming a significant position in continental and even global affairs.

At the same time, it is a relationship of paradoxes, breaking with many of the assumptions that underpin contemporary analyses of ‘China-Africa’ ties.

This edited volume examines the South Africa-China relationship through a survey of its diplomatic partnership, economic ties, and broader community relations.

These important aspects that are often conflated as a single relationship, yet what is important to explore are how these components reflect different China-South Africa relationship(s), and how they intersect.