China's ambitious African railways plan : reviving imperial dreams?

• Main Author: Horta, Loro
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102494; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19930
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In recent years China has invested significant resources in the development of Africa’s rail network that could radical transform the continent’s economic landscape. China has taken the first steps to resurrect some of the most ambitious projects ever conceived for the continent.