This study attempts to find out why Chinese companies boosted African economy through investment there while received negation evaluations generally. Different from the three existing views, “neocolonialism”, “state capitalism” and “continuation of inefficient aiding policies”, in this paper, a new explanation based on developmentalist strategy and group interaction was proposed: the developmentalist strategy formed domestically by Chinese companies effectively resolved the benefit disagreement in interaction with different social groups, however, it no longer applied in a cross-cultural context, and thus triggered complicated “economic-social” consequences and negative evaluations.
Africa Chinese companies Developmentalism Benefit disagreement “Economic-social” consequences
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Sociology |
Journal Section | RESEARCH ARTICLES |
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Publication Date | December 31, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 40 Issue: 2 |