TY - JOUR
T1 - China and Ethiopia
T2 - Authoritarian affinities and economic cooperation
AU - CABESTAN, Jean-Pierre
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PY - 2012/12/7
Y1 - 2012/12/7
N2 - Since 1995, China and Ethiopia have gradually forged close relations. On both sides, the establishment of this partnership was motivated as much by diplomatic, strategic, and even ideological considerations as by economic ones. For Beijing, economic and trade cooperation with Addis Ababa is a means rather than an end in itself. For Ethiopia, however, partnership with China mainly serves the internal political and economic purposes of the regime that has been in place since 1991, under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi for 20 years and, since his death in August 2012, under his successor Hailemariam Desalegn. The relationship is characteristic of the special but asymmetrical links Beijing has sought to establish with countries of the South that are strategically important but economically backward. It also illustrates the attraction the "Chinese model" of development holds in Africa and elsewhere.
AB - Since 1995, China and Ethiopia have gradually forged close relations. On both sides, the establishment of this partnership was motivated as much by diplomatic, strategic, and even ideological considerations as by economic ones. For Beijing, economic and trade cooperation with Addis Ababa is a means rather than an end in itself. For Ethiopia, however, partnership with China mainly serves the internal political and economic purposes of the regime that has been in place since 1991, under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi for 20 years and, since his death in August 2012, under his successor Hailemariam Desalegn. The relationship is characteristic of the special but asymmetrical links Beijing has sought to establish with countries of the South that are strategically important but economically backward. It also illustrates the attraction the "Chinese model" of development holds in Africa and elsewhere.
KW - Authoritarian development
KW - China
KW - Ethiopia
KW - Meles zenawi
KW - Sino-african relations
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UR - https://www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-perspectives-2012-4/
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U2 - 10.4000/chinaperspectives.6041
DO - 10.4000/chinaperspectives.6041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964265084
SN - 2070-3449
VL - 2012
SP - 53
EP - 62
JO - China Perspectives
JF - China Perspectives
IS - 4
ER -