China's emergence as an aid donor in Africa has caught global attention, with China's activity being viewed as the projection of soft power of a neo-colonialist kind. This book, which focuses on China's education aid reveals a much more complicated picture.

Wei YE is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Institute for International Affairs, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

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1 China's Education Aid to Africa and the Paradoxes

2 Three Faces: Education Aid in Disciplinary Knowledge

3 Restructuring China's Education Aid to Africa: A Critical Realist Approach to Transcend Disciplinarity

4 Dualism and Fragmentation: Historical Origin, Evolution, and Dynamics

5 Fragmentation in Policy Formulation: Domestic Factors and Divides

6 China and the International Development Cooperation Architecture: The (Im)possibility of Southern Knowledge Production

7 Conclusion: Fragmented Soft Power in the Myth of Global China

Appendix: Researching "China in Africa" in a Turbulent Era: A Fieldwork Note

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Index