What characterizes China as a development actor. Rethinking Development Assistance: The Paradox of China’s Increasing Global Outreach.
INTRODUCTION Geopolitical dynamics are shifting; the existing world order is under significant structural changes, and it is the dawn of a new era. America’s unipolar moment stands challenged by the rise of new Global development actors. Indeed, it cannot be disputed that this century is becoming a ‘global south’ century with the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) which comprises the five largest economies outside the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, particularly the rise of China. From receiving bilateral environmental aid from the World Bank in the 1980s to the so-called One Belt One Road Initiative of the 21st century which involves infrastructural development and investments in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The rise of China to the global scene is evidenced by the growth of its bilateral relations and its aid flows in the global south primarily in Africa, Latin America, and the developing countries in Asia which has become substantial ...