Chris Alden is Professor of IR and Co-Head of the Africa International Affairs programme at the LSE, UK. Dan Large is Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy, Central European University, Hungary.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Studying China-Africa/Africa-China Relations – Chris Alden and Daniel LargeFrom China in Africa to Global African StudiesChapter 2 From Field Work to Academic Field: Personal Reflections on China-Africa Research- George YuChapter 3: African Studies in China in the 21st Century: A Historiographical Survey - Li AnshanChapter 4: Themes and Thoughts in Africanists Discourse about China and Africa - Kweku AmpiahChapter 5: Media as a Site of Contestation in China-Africa Relations - Cobus van Staden and Yu-Shan WuChapter 6: ‘China in Africa’ in the Anthropocene: a Discourse of Divergence in a Converging World - Ross Anthony Chapter 7: Doing Ethnography Beyond China: the Ethic of the Ignorant Foreigner - Gabriel BamanaChapter 8: Global African Studies and Locating China - Jamie MonsonViews from Downstairs: Ethnography, Identity and AgencyChapter 9: Chinese Peanuts and Chinese Machinga: The Use and Abuse of a Rumour in Dar es Salaam (and Ethnographic Writing) – Derek SheridanChapter 10: Reflections on the Role of Race in China-Africa Relations - T Tu Huynh and Yoon Jung ParkChapter 11: Kenyan Agency in Kenya-China Relations: Contestation, Cooperation and Passivity - Maddalena ProcopioChapter 12: Bureaucratic Agency and Power Asymmetry: Benin and China - Folashadé Soulé-Kohndou Chapter 13: Dependency and Underdevelopment: the case of the Special Economic Zone in Mauritius - Honita Cowaloosur and Ian Taylor Chapter 14: Ivory Trails: Divergent Values of Ivory and Elephants in Africa and Asia - Stephanie RuppViews from Upstairs: Elites, Policy and Political Economy Chapter 15: Neo-patrimonialism and Extraversion in China’s Relations with Angola and Mozambique: is Beijing making a difference? – Ana Cristina Alves and Sergio ChichavaChapter 16: Between Resource Extraction and Industrializing Africa - Mzukisi Qobo and Garth le Pere Chapter 17: A Chinese Model for Africa: the Problem with Problem-Solving- Chris Alden Chapter 18: New Structural Economics: Laying the Groundwork for Theoretical Reflection on China-Africa Engagement - Tang Xiaoyang Chapter 19: China-in-Africa and Global Economic Transformation - Alvin Camba and Ho-Fung Hong Chapter 20: China and African Security - Lina Benabdallah and Daniel LargeConclusion Chapter 21: Conclusion - Chris Alden and Daniel Large

Chris Alden is Professor of IR and Co-Head of the Africa International Affairs programme at the LSE, UK. Dan Large is Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy, Central European University, Hungary.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Studying China-Africa/Africa-China Relations – Chris Alden and Daniel LargeFrom China in Africa to Global African StudiesChapter 2 From Field Work to Academic Field: Personal Reflections on China-Africa Research- George YuChapter 3: African Studies in China in the 21st Century: A Historiographical Survey - Li AnshanChapter 4: Themes and Thoughts in Africanists Discourse about China and Africa - Kweku AmpiahChapter 5: Media as a Site of Contestation in China-Africa Relations - Cobus van Staden and Yu-Shan WuChapter 6: ‘China in Africa’ in the Anthropocene: a Discourse of Divergence in a Converging World - Ross Anthony Chapter 7: Doing Ethnography Beyond China: the Ethic of the Ignorant Foreigner - Gabriel BamanaChapter 8: Global African Studies and Locating China - Jamie MonsonViews from Downstairs: Ethnography, Identity and AgencyChapter 9: Chinese Peanuts and Chinese Machinga: The Use and Abuse of a Rumour in Dar es Salaam (and Ethnographic Writing) – Derek SheridanChapter 10: Reflections on the Role of Race in China-Africa Relations - T Tu Huynh and Yoon Jung ParkChapter 11: Kenyan Agency in Kenya-China Relations: Contestation, Cooperation and Passivity - Maddalena ProcopioChapter 12: Bureaucratic Agency and Power Asymmetry: Benin and China - Folashadé Soulé-Kohndou Chapter 13: Dependency and Underdevelopment: the case of the Special Economic Zone in Mauritius - Honita Cowaloosur and Ian Taylor Chapter 14: Ivory Trails: Divergent Values of Ivory and Elephants in Africa and Asia - Stephanie RuppViews from Upstairs: Elites, Policy and Political Economy Chapter 15: Neo-patrimonialism and Extraversion in China’s Relations with Angola and Mozambique: is Beijing making a difference? – Ana Cristina Alves and Sergio ChichavaChapter 16: Between Resource Extraction and Industrializing Africa - Mzukisi Qobo and Garth le Pere Chapter 17: A Chinese Model for Africa: the Problem with Problem-Solving- Chris Alden Chapter 18: New Structural Economics: Laying the Groundwork for Theoretical Reflection on China-Africa Engagement - Tang Xiaoyang Chapter 19: China-in-Africa and Global Economic Transformation - Alvin Camba and Ho-Fung Hong Chapter 20: China and African Security - Lina Benabdallah and Daniel LargeConclusion Chapter 21: Conclusion - Chris Alden and Daniel Large

Chris Alden is Professor of IR and Co-Head of the Africa International Affairs programme at the LSE, UK. Dan Large is Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy, Central European University, Hungary.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Studying China-Africa/Africa-China Relations – Chris Alden and Daniel LargeFrom China in Africa to Global African StudiesChapter 2 From Field Work to Academic Field: Personal Reflections on China-Africa Research- George YuChapter 3: African Studies in China in the 21st Century: A Historiographical Survey - Li AnshanChapter 4: Themes and Thoughts in Africanists Discourse about China and Africa - Kweku AmpiahChapter 5: Media as a Site of Contestation in China-Africa Relations - Cobus van Staden and Yu-Shan WuChapter 6: ‘China in Africa’ in the Anthropocene: a Discourse of Divergence in a Converging World - Ross Anthony Chapter 7: Doing Ethnography Beyond China: the Ethic of the Ignorant Foreigner - Gabriel BamanaChapter 8: Global African Studies and Locating China - Jamie MonsonViews from Downstairs: Ethnography, Identity and AgencyChapter 9: Chinese Peanuts and Chinese Machinga: The Use and Abuse of a Rumour in Dar es Salaam (and Ethnographic Writing) – Derek SheridanChapter 10: Reflections on the Role of Race in China-Africa Relations - T Tu Huynh and Yoon Jung ParkChapter 11: Kenyan Agency in Kenya-China Relations: Contestation, Cooperation and Passivity - Maddalena ProcopioChapter 12: Bureaucratic Agency and Power Asymmetry: Benin and China - Folashadé Soulé-Kohndou Chapter 13: Dependency and Underdevelopment: the case of the Special Economic Zone in Mauritius - Honita Cowaloosur and Ian Taylor Chapter 14: Ivory Trails: Divergent Values of Ivory and Elephants in Africa and Asia - Stephanie RuppViews from Upstairs: Elites, Policy and Political Economy Chapter 15: Neo-patrimonialism and Extraversion in China’s Relations with Angola and Mozambique: is Beijing making a difference? – Ana Cristina Alves and Sergio ChichavaChapter 16: Between Resource Extraction and Industrializing Africa - Mzukisi Qobo and Garth le Pere Chapter 17: A Chinese Model for Africa: the Problem with Problem-Solving- Chris Alden Chapter 18: New Structural Economics: Laying the Groundwork for Theoretical Reflection on China-Africa Engagement - Tang Xiaoyang Chapter 19: China-in-Africa and Global Economic Transformation - Alvin Camba and Ho-Fung Hong Chapter 20: China and African Security - Lina Benabdallah and Daniel LargeConclusion Chapter 21: Conclusion - Chris Alden and Daniel Large