1- Assistant Professor of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. , m.ghaderihajat@modares.ac.ir
2- Doctoral student of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (117 Views)
After the Cold War, the People's Republic of China emerged as a major economic power in the world. Today, this country has been able to spread its influence, especially economically, to all parts of the world. One of the strategic points where this country is in strategic competition with Europe and America is the African continent. This study attempts to present the causes and contexts of China's influence in Africa. Therefore, considering the fact that many studies have been conducted on China's actions and influence in Africa so far; in order to establish a theoretical consensus among the researches, this study tries to explain the strategic and important reasons for China's influence in Africa in a theoretical framework. Therefore, the philosophy of interpretive research has been chosen to achieve the appropriate model in this field with a qualitative approach and content analysis techniques. It should be noted that among the 298 articles containing China's geopolitical goals and interests, 8 articles were extracted according to the KASP rubric scoring system. The final result indicates that one of the most important geopolitical interests in Africa are economic goals pursued according to the soft principles and ideological cultural structure of China.
Article Type:
Original Research |
Subject:
political Geography Received: 2024/09/20 | Accepted: 2024/10/28 | Published: 2025/01/20