China in Africa
HIS244: China in Africa, The Socialist and Capitalist Stories
This course traces China’s involvement in Africa from the 1940s to present. How many billions of dollars/RMB in aid and investments have been channeled from China to the African nations for the past seventy years? Were they motivated by socialist comradeship, capitalist profit seeking, imperialist ambition, or simply Chinese pride? What is China really doing in Africa? More importantly, Africa is a vast continent of over 50 independent nations, and their separate engagements with the guests from the East are histories full of sophisticated twists. While looking into the Tanzania-Zambia railway, the “Hubei farms” in Mozambique, the mega dams in Sudan, the Modderfontein New City in South Africa, and many other landmark projects, students will also take one step further, using ArcGIS to translate their book knowledge into creative digital maps.
Oil in Nigeria: West vs. China
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M062 Creator: Mathew Swanson ’20 Computer Science Nigeria has a long history with oil and is one…
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Egyptian Natural Resources and Recent Chinese Involvements
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M061 Creator: Jiahang Wu ’23 History The China-Egypt relationship has a long history, yet its economic story…
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Chinese ‘Angola Mode’: Oil for Construction
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M060 Creator: Preston Hollopeter ’19 Chemical Engineering Angola is China’s largest trading partner in Africa with oil…
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Map of China’s Special Economic Zones in Africa
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M071 Creator: Oluwademilade Oladele ’22 Biochemistry
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Chinese Economic, Political and Cultural Cooperation with Post-Apartheid South Africa
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M070 Creator: Shannon Borrel ’23 Political Science The People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South…
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Chinese Investments in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M069 Creator: Bassie Turay ’20 International Relations This map highlights the key areas of China’s investments in…
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China in Zambia: A Copper Story
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M068 Creator: Thandie Ramme ’20 International Relations This map of Zambia aims to show the story of…
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China in Ghana: Aid to Manufacturing
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M067 Creator: Oluwademilade Oladele ’22 Biochemistry
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China in Mozabique: Military Trainings, Natural Resources, Agriculture
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M066 Creator: Chunhao Liu ’20 History This map illustrates Chinese involvement in Mozambique from 1962 to 2022.…
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Chinese Cultural and Major Economic Investments in Tanzania
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M065 Creator: Natalie Olechno ’20 International Relations On the day of Tanzania’s independence, December 9, 1961, China…
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China’s Involvement in Ethiopia’s Energy Projects
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M064 Creator: Ning Wang ’19 Electrical and Computer Engineering The map presents an overview of the hydroelectric…
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Potential Chinese Ferrochrome Production Sites in Zimbabwe
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M063 Creator: Ryan Wai-Yin Chui ’20 Digital Media Studies Underneath Zimbabwe lies two major mineral deposit formations…
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Oil Production and Transport in Sudan and South Sudan
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M074 Creator: John Fowell ’20 Geological Sciences This map shows some of the Chinese investments into Sudan…
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Chinese Economic Activity in Sierra Leone
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M073 Creator: Sakhile Ntshangase ’21 History & Comparative Literature In 1971, China became Sierra Leone’s largest source…
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Chinese Mining and Infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M072 Creator: Jacob Glazer ’22 UNC
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Ethiopian Dams Financed or Built by the Chinese
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M181 Creator: Brandon Pachman ’20 History The map shows the dams that the Chinese have either financed (Grand…
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Chinese Involvement in Nigerian Railway
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M182 Creator: Can Yang ’22 Finance and Digital Media Studies With a land area of 923,769 sq. km,…
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Major Railways in Kenya
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M183 Creator: Cal Branning ’21 International Relations This map accurately shows the route and location of the main…
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Chinese Investments in Mozambique
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M184 Creator: Evan Cohen Doty ’24 Computer Science In the map we can see each of the regions…
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China-DRC Mining and Forestry Relations
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M185 Creator: Josh Allon ’21 History The map illustrates the various imports and exports benefitting China and the…
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Huawei and Nigerian Telecommunications
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M186 Creator: Jiayu Zhang ’22 Business and History Nigeria has the second largest economy and the largest population…
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Chinese Investments in Zimbabwe, 2011-2020
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M187 Creator: Donghui Li ’21 Business and International Relations This map captures important Chinese investment from various sectors…
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China-Built Telecom Infrastructure in Ethiopia
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M188 Creator: Elise Freling ’21 Film & Media Studies Continent (Africa) Map I plotted out the distribution of…
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