Cameroon–China relations
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One China Policy.[2]
Political relations
In the 1960s, China supported armed struggle by the Union des Populations du Cameroon (UPC) against the government of Ahmadou Ahidjo.[1]: 23 In 1970, the Ahidjo government defeated the UPC.[1]: 23 In 1971, Cameroon established relations with China.[1]: 23
In the 2000s, leading politicians paid state visits to and from each country; these included Cameroonian President Paul Biya's visit for a conference in 2006 and Hu Jintao's visit to Cameroon in 2007.[2]
Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi visited Cameroon on 12 January 2014.[3]
Cameroon was one of 53 countries, that in June 2020, backed the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations.[4]
Economic development
Since the first
Official Development Assistance
. Major projects executed by the Chinese government in Cameroon include:
- Construction of the Kribi Deep Seaport funded by a FCFA 207,270 billion loan from the Exim Bank of China[6]
- A FCFA 243 billion loan from China Exim bank for construction of the Memve'ele hydroelectric Dam in Nyabizan[7]
- Construction of a malaria research center at Yaounde's Hospital of Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics[8]
Yearly trade topped 854 million US dollars in 2008, before dropping to 813 million US dollars in 2009 due to the global recession.[2]
Criticism
In the 2000s, some in Cameroon considered the economic relationship to be a form of
neo-colonialism; this was mainly due to a perception that Chinese traders flooded the Cameroonian market with cheap but extremely fragile manufactured goods, which stymied the development of local industries.[9]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-231-21001-0.
- ^ a b c Backgrounder: Relations between China, Cameroon People's Daily Online, March 23, 2010
- ^ "Chinese Foreign Minister Due In Cameroon Soon". CameroonOnline.org. 2015-01-05. Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ Lawler, Dave (2 July 2020). "The 53 countries supporting China's crackdown on Hong Kong". Axios. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection[permanent dead link]. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
- ^ Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. Project 350. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
- ^ Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. Project 289. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
- ^ Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. Project 22850. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
- ^ China Invades Country With Cheap, Fragile Goods AllAfrica.com via postnewsline.com, 28 August 2008
Further reading
- Amin, Julius A. (2015). "Sino-Cameroon Relations: A Foreign Policy of Pragmatism". African Studies Review. 58 (3): 171–189. ISSN 0002-0206.
- Anatole, Daka; Yijie, Wang; Liang, Hu; Vanessa, Mbajon Chimi Tuatsop (2021-12-01). "China-Cameroon Agricultural Cooperation: Challenges of Agricultural Development in Cameroon". Journal of African Foreign Affairs. 8 (3): 49–72. .
- Assembe-Mvondo, S; Cerutti, P O; Putzel, L; Eba'a Atyi, R (2016). "What Happens When Corporate Ownership Shifts to China? A Case Study on Rubber Production in Cameroon". The European Journal of Development Research. 28 (3): 465–478. ISSN 0957-8811
- Cabestan, Jean-Pierre (2015). "China–Cameroon relations: Fortunes and limits of an old political complicity". South African Journal of International Affairs. 22 (1): 67–91. ISSN 1022-0461.
- De Prince Pokam, Hilaire; Hall, Jonathan (2011). "Chinese Medicine in Cameroon". China Perspectives. 3 (87): 51–58. ISSN 2070-3449.
- Khan, Sunday Aninpah; Baye, Francis Menjo (2008). "China-Africa Economic Relations: The Case of Cameroon". Report Submitted to the African Economic Research Consortium.
- Khan, Sunday A (2014). "The Emergence of China in Cameroon: Trade Impact and Evolution of Trade Configuration". In Moyo, Theresa (ed), Trade and Industrial Development in Africa: Rethinking Strategy and Policy, pp. 99-120. CODESRIA.
- Ndjio, B. (2014). ISSN 0001-9909.
- Nguepjouo, Diderot (2017). ISSN 2214-790X.
- Nordtveit, Bjørn H. (2011). ISSN 0738-0593.
- Tsounkeu, Martin (2011). Mapping Chinese development assistance in Africa: An analysis of the experiences of Cameroon. Harare: African Forum and Network on Debt and Development. ISBN 978-0-7974-4576-5.
- Vanessa, Mbajon (2019). "The Economic Cooperation between Cameroon and China: Hub on Infrastructure and Investment Projects 2007-2018". Journal of African Union Studies. 8 (3): 95–113. ISSN 2050-4292.
- Vanessa, Mbajon Chimi Tuatsop; Zou, Xiaolong (2020). "China's Foreign Aid to Cameroon: Perception from Non-Governmental Organizations 2007-2017". Journal of African Foreign Affairs. 7 (1): 49–70. ISSN 2056-564X.
- Weng, Lingfei; Margules, Chris (2022). ISSN 2214-790X.
- Weng, Lingfei; Sayer, Jeffrey A.; Xue, Lan (2017). ISSN 2214-790X.
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