The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

The Specter of Global China

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

The Specter of Global China

By Ching Kwan Lee

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

China has recently emerged as one of Africa's top business partners, aggressively pursuing its raw materials and establishing a mighty presence in the continent's booming construction market. Even though Africa has become a popular destination of foreign investment from around the world, China has stirred the most fear, hope, and controversy. Yet global debates about China in Africa have been based more on rhetoric than empirical evidence. Ching Kwan Lee's The Specter of Global China is the firs...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780226340838

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Specter of Global China

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Other versions

The Specter of Global China

The Specter of Global China

Hardcover · 2018

Reviews · 0

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

You might also like

Mapinduzi - A Red-Eyed View on Africa

Mapinduzi - A Red-Eyed View on Africa

Anders Köhler

Making China Modern

Making China Modern

Klaus Muhlhahn

Africa's Business Revolution

Africa's Business Revolution

Acha Leke

Asia's Reckoning

Asia's Reckoning

Richard McGregor

Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War

Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War

Elizabeth Schmidt

China's Asian Dream

China's Asian Dream

Tom Miller

CEO, China

CEO, China

Kerry Brown

China's Environmental Challenges

China's Environmental Challenges

Judith Shapiro

Winner Take All China's Race for Resources and what it Means for Us

Winner Take All China's Race for Resources and what it Means for Us

Dambisa Moyo

Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China's New Rich

Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China's New Rich

John Osburg

The Great African Land Grab? Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System

The Great African Land Grab? Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System

Lorenzo Cotula

Foreign Intervention In Africa

Foreign Intervention In Africa

Elizabeth Schmidt

49 myter om Kina

49 myter om Kina

Stig Stenslie

China and the World Since 1945 An International History

China and the World Since 1945 An International History

Chi-Kwan Mark

Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What it Means for Us

Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What it Means for Us

Dambisa Moyo

Africa Diversity and Development

Africa Diversity and Development

Tony Binns

The Beijing Consensus Legitimizing Authoritarianism in Our Time

The Beijing Consensus Legitimizing Authoritarianism in Our Time

Stefan Halper

The Dragon's Gift The Real Story of China in Africa

The Dragon's Gift The Real Story of China in Africa

Deborah Brautigam

China AS A Leader of the World Economy

China AS A Leader of the World Economy

Gregory C

China's Integration into the World Economy

China's Integration into the World Economy

John. Whalley

The guide to understanding china and its role in the worlds economy

The guide to understanding china and its role in the worlds economy

SB Jeffrey

Superfusion

Superfusion

Zachary Karabell

when-china-rules-the-world-the-rise-of-the-middle-kingdom-and-the-end-of-the-western-world

when-china-rules-the-world-the-rise-of-the-middle-kingdom-and-the-end-of-the-western-world

The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 - 2009

The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 - 2009

Jonathan Fenby

Africa - The Politics of Suffering and Smiling

Africa - The Politics of Suffering and Smiling

Patrick Chabal

China, Asia, and the New World Economy

China, Asia, and the New World Economy

Barry Eichengreen,

Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics Entrepreneurship and the State

Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics Entrepreneurship and the State

Yasheng Huang

Making it in China

Making it in China

Merete Lie

Empire of Lies : The Truth About China in the Twenty-First Century

Empire of Lies : The Truth About China in the Twenty-First Century

Guy. Sorman

China returns to Africa - A rising power and a continental embrace

China returns to Africa - A rising power and a continental embrace

China Shakes the World The Rise of a Hungry Nation

China Shakes the World The Rise of a Hungry Nation

James Kynge

Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order

Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order

James Ferguson

China how its progress Will affect America & the World Economy

China how its progress Will affect America & the World Economy

Mark D.

The Shackled Continent Africa's Past, Present and Future

The Shackled Continent Africa's Past, Present and Future

Robert Guest

African Friends and Money Matters

African Friends and Money Matters

David Maranz

Inside Chinese Business A Guide for Managers Worldwide

Inside Chinese Business A Guide for Managers Worldwide

Ming-Jer Chen

The great divergence: china, europe, and the making of the modern world economy

The great divergence: china, europe, and the making of the modern world economy

Kenneth Pomeranz

China

China

Loren Fessler and the editors of Life

Sylvia

Sylvia

Out of China

Out of China

Robert Bickers