China, Africa, and the future of the internet
基于十年研究，本书考察中国对非洲信息通信技术领域的投资，并分析埃塞俄比亚、肯尼亚、卢旺达和加纳等国的政治经济背景，探讨中国在非洲的互联网治理模式输出。
The heightened scholarly attention being paid to Africa–China relations is motivated by the growing trade, investment, and aid flowing between China and African governments. Recent coverage speculates about China’s active exportation of an authoritarian version of the internet. The reporting supposes that Chinese supply factors prompt the proliferation of Chinese surveillance technology in Africa at large. Gagliardone’s study provides a more measured account of Beijing’s growing geopolitical footprint on the continent. The book is a result of a decade’s worth of research, which explores China’s increasing engagement with Africa. It consists of six chapters. The first examines varying aspects of China’s growing investments in Africa’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, ultimately drawing connections with the broad processes that shape the political economies of Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ghana. The remaining five chapters explore the local circumstances that frame Beijing’s interventions in Africa. As China helps governments expand access to...