Negotiating Global China Beyond the State–Diaspora Divide

The China factor in diaspora economic diplomacy: comparing Chinese and Indian transnational networks in Southeast Asia

China and India are gradually using the overseas Chinese community to form economic ties, spread culture and knowledge, provide investment support, and offer diplomatic support. Diaspora engagement generally refers to a tool for soft power projection or a bilateral relationship established between the government in the...

Iron Curtain with a Keyhole: The State, Overseas Chinese, and the Politics of Emigration in the Early People’s Republic

Analysing China’s South-South cooperation discourse in the United Nations

The resurgence of South–South Cooperation (SSC) has reignited debates in International Relations about hierarchy, identity, and change in the global development order. While existing scholarship on China’s development cooperation has primarily focused on material practices and outcomes, this article examines China’s na...

China’s Globalized Agribusiness

Challenging conventional views of the Chinese state, this book shows how agribusiness elites actively contest and reshape power, revealing a state defined by rivalry and shifting capitalist alliances. China’s political economy is often portrayed as stable and unified under the Communist Party, but this book argues tha...

The Evolution of China Africa Diplomatic Relations: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis

This paper examines the evolution of China-Africa diplomatic relations, offering a detailed historical and contemporary analysis of their engagements. Beginning with early interactions along ancient trade routes and cultural exchanges, it explores the significant milestones that have shaped these relations, including m...

Beyond “Chimerica”: U.S.–China strategic competition and African agency in a disordered world

The intensification of strategic competition between the United States and China has become one of the defining dynamics of 21st-century international relations, reshaping patterns of global governance, economic interdependence and geopolitical alignment. While existing scholarship has largely examined this rivalry thr...