Abstract
* We thank the Hong Kong Research Grants Council for its generous support. 1 See Maxi Schoeman, “China in Africa: the Rise of a Hegemony?” in China and Africa: Partners in Development and Security?, Danish Institute of International Affairs, Copenhagen, 23 August 2007. 2 Ironically, the discourse is most developed in the US, yet the US stood alone in refusing to recognize a right to development when the United Nations adopted it in 1998. “US Votes Against Development as Basic Human Right,” Inter Press Service (IPS), 10 December 1998. 3 “Patron of African Misgovernment,” New York Times (NYT), 19 February 2007. 4 See, e.g., Yaroslav Trofi mov, “In Africa, China’s Expansion Begins to Stir Resentment,” Wall Street Journal (WSJ), 2 February 2007. The Forest for the Trees: Trade, Investment and the China-in-Africa Discourse
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