Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support for pariah regimes, regiments of Chinese labor, and the ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in some of the poorest countries in the world sparked fierce debates. These debates, however, took place with very few hard facts. China's tradition of secrecy about its aid fueled rumors and speculation, making it difficult to gauge the risks and opportunities provided by China's growing embrace.

This well-timed book, by one of the world's leading experts, provides the first comprehensive account of China's aid and economic cooperation overseas. Deborah Brautigam tackles the myths and realities, explaining what the Chinese are doing, how they do it, how much aid they give, and how it all fits into their "going global" strategy. Drawing on three decades of experience in China and Africa, and hundreds of interviews in Africa, China, Europe and the U.S., Brautigam shines new light on a topic of great interest.

China has ended poverty for hundreds of millions of its own citizens. Will Chinese engagement benefit Africa? Using hard data and a series of vivid stories ranging across agriculture, industry, natural resources, and governance, Brautigam's fascinating book provides an answer. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with China's rise, and what it might mean for the challenge of ending poverty in Africa.

博黛蓉 Deborah Brautigam

美國約翰．霍普金斯大學的國際發展與比較政治學教授，國際糧食政策研究所資深研究員，她也是世界銀行、非洲發展銀行、聯合國以及其他發展機構的顧問。她的主要研究領域是中國和非洲的經濟和外交關系、外國援助、國家建設和發展等議題。

作者早年曾在台灣、香港學習中文，在西非種植水稻的農村進行研究，並居住過南非與中國。1998年出版的《中國援助與非洲發展：輸出綠色革命》（Chinese Aid African Development：Exporting Green Revolution）、2000年的《援助依賴與治理》（Aid Dependence and Governance）以及本書，都是她三十年來一路長期觀察非洲與亞洲的成果。