Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the contributors -- Introduction: China's new role in Africa and the South -- Chain-gang economics: China, the US, and the global economy -- Regulating China? Regulating globalisation? -- Client and competitor: China and international financial institutions -- The Equator Principles and the environmental responsibilities of the financial industry in China -- Sino-African relations: new transformations and challenges -- The role and impact of Chinese economic operations in Africa -- Friends and interests: China's distinctive links with Africa -- China's strategic infrastructural investments in Africa -- Civil society initiative in Africa -- China's interest in Angola's construction and infrastructure sectors -- China's rise and increasing role in Asia -- Expediency and interests in contemporary China-Myanmar relations -- China and Latin America: strategic partnering or latter-day imperialism? -- The position of civil society organisations in China today -- No harmonious global society without civil society -- Index -- Back Cover.