Center for African Studies

Africa | China Working Group Focus on Post-COVID Relations

Fall Panel 2: Re-Thinking the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Marina Rudyak, Heidelberg University

China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa and the SDGs: Taking Stock of Promises and Implementation Gaps. Under What Conditions Do African Countries Benefit Most?

Marina Rudyak is a sinologist working on the intersections of China Studies
and International Development. She is presently a postdoctoral researcher
and assistant professor for Chinese Cultural Studies at the Centre for Asian
and Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University. Her research focuses on
China’s international development cooperation and the Chinese foreign
policy discourse. She is the founder of china-aid-blog.com.

Ding Fei, Arizona State University

Assembling China – Africa Health Cooperation Under the Belt and Road Initiative. 

Ding Fei is a development and economic geographer interested in
globalization and development, political economy, capital-labor relations,
South-South migration, and China-Africa relations. Currently, she is clinical
assistant professor in the School of Sustainability and School of Geographical
Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University.

Discussants

Prof. Anita Spring, Professor Emerita, University of Florida
Prof. Pádraig Carmody, Professor in Geography, Trinity College Dublin

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