Foreign Policy of PRC towards Africa – case study Ethiopia

Whereas relations between the PRC and Western countries have been deteriorating, ensuring stable relations with Africa has become vital for the PRC’s foreign policy agenda in the current decade. Therefore, this thesis intends to use a single-case study as the methodology to examine the PRC’s foreign policy strategy in Ethiopia. The first chapter elaborates on the fundamental principles, objectives, and instruments of the PRC’s African policy. The second chapter further investigates the political and economic objectives that the PRC seeks in Ethiopia and the political and economic instruments used by the PRC. The third chapter evaluates the PRC’s political and economic obstacles to achieving its foreign policy objectives in Ethiopia.