The Sino-African Cooperation: A Taiwanese Viewpoint

<p>The study is to examine the contemporary trends of the Taiwanese economic involvement in<br />Africa and includes both Taiwanese and Chinese policy toward Africa. Emerging countries<br />are standing side by side in so-called “South-South” cooperation, and are taking advantage of<br />the decreasing image of Western nations following the economic crisis. We are challenging<br />the biased opinion portrayed by the Western press, which is negative toward Asian<br />involvement in African states, and that states the investors (China and Taiwan) are only<br />gaining from their investments. The ambitions on the continent are far from innocent, and<br />nations, such as China are looking to fulfill their demands for natural resources. We intend to<br />emphasize on whether the Chinese presence in Africa is purely resource-based, or if this<br />cooperation is bearing fruit in the future development of African states. The originality of this<br />study lies in its focus on a triangular (China, Taiwan, and Africa) view point of economic<br />interactions and implications because it includes Taiwanese economic involvement in African<br />markets. We hope that these findings, based on sources other than controversial Western<br />articles enable the reader to obtain a better understanding of the current situation, and form<br />their own opinion.</p>