Cameroon–China relations explained

China and Cameroon established bilateral relations on March 26, 1971. Cameroon is an adherent to the One China Policy.[1]

Political relations

In the 1960s, China supported armed struggle by the Union des Populations du Cameroon (UPC) against the government of Ahmadou Ahidjo.[2] In 1970, the Ahidjo government defeated the UPC. In 1971, Cameroon established relations with China.

In the 2000s, leading politicians paid state visits to and from each country; these included Cameroonian President Paul Biya's visit for a conference in 2006 and Hu Jintao's visit to Cameroon in 2007.

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi visited Cameroon on 12 January 2014.[3]

Cameroon was one of 53 countries, that in June 2020, backed the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations.[4]

Economic development

Since the first Forum on China Africa Cooperation in 2000, Beijing has successfully delivered $2.4 billion in development finance to Cameroon.[5] $87 million of that total falls under the OECD-DAC criteria for Official Development Assistance. Major projects executed by the Chinese government in Cameroon include:

Yearly trade topped 854 million US dollars in 2008, before dropping to 813 million US dollars in 2009 due to the global recession.[1]

Criticism

In the 2000s, some in Cameroon considered the economic relationship to be a form of neo-colonialism; this was mainly due to a perception that Chinese traders flooded the Cameroonian market with cheap but extremely fragile manufactured goods, which stymied the development of local industries.[9]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6927680.html Backgrounder: Relations between China, Cameroon
  2. Book: Shinn, David H. . China's Relations with Africa: a New Era of Strategic Engagement . Eisenman . Joshua . 2023 . . 978-0-231-21001-0 . New York . David H. Shinn.
  3. Web site: Chinese Foreign Minister Due In Cameroon Soon . CameroonOnline.org . 2015-01-05 . 2015-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150106021157/http://www.cameroononline.org/chinese-foreign-minister-due-cameroon-soon/# . 2015-01-06 . dead.
  4. Web site: Lawler . Dave . The 53 countries supporting China's crackdown on Hong Kong. . 3 July 2020 . en . 2 July 2020.
  5. Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
  6. Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. Project 350. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
  7. Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. Project 289. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
  8. Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. Project 22850. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
  9. http://allafrica.com/stories/200808280784.html China Invades Country With Cheap, Fragile Goods

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