The rise and decline and rise of China : searching for an organising philosophy / Hester du Plessis (ed.).

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Introduction -- The 'civilisation project' of China -- Values in China as compared to Africa -- Science and society in China -- The politics of China -- China's economic transformation -- what lessons can Africa learn? -- Chinese society in flux -- a study of ethnicity, guanxi and urbanisation from the late imperial China until today -- China's involvement with Africa -- Concluding recommendations -- Appendix 1 : The role of land in China's economic development -- Appendix 2 : China's Special Economic Zone Model -- the fire-starter of industrialisation in Africa?

Running like a red thread through this book are the manifestations of Sino-African relations dating back many centuries. In this way, The Rise and Decline and Rise of China: Searching for an Organising Philosophy takes forward the work MISTRA conducted on the Mapungubwe society, one of the advanced states that existed in southern Africa some 800 years ago. What makes this research report unique, though, is that the treatment of these issues has been undertaken primarily from an African perspective. --Provided by publisher.

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