TY  - BOOK
AU  - AKINOLA Adeoye O.
AU  - TELLA Oluwaseun
TI  - COVID-19 and South Africa-China asymmetric relations
PY  - 2022///
KW  - BRICS
KW  - CORONAVIRUS
KW  - COVID-19 DIPLOMACY
KW  - SOUTH AFRICA-CHINA RELATIONS
KW  - AFRICA
KW  - AFRICA-CHINA RELATIONS
KW  - SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN POLICY
KW  - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
KW  - HEALTH POLICY
KW  - ECONOMIC POLICY
KW  - ETHNICITY AND RACE
KW  - CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY
N2  - While South Africa-China relations were only formalized in 1998, relations between these states date back to the 1800s. South Africa's quest for sustainable development through partnerships with global powers motivated its close ties with China. The 2015 Cape Town Declaration committed the two countries to improve health facilities and disease control. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents an opportunity to rethink this partnership. Drawing on desktop research, this article engages the reality of COVID-19 and explores South Africa-China relations in the context of the pandemic. The emergence of the virus in China, its rapid spread, and the high fatality rate have had devastating repercussions across the world. This article argues that Beijing's response to COVID-19 raises more questions than it answers. The outbreak of the virus in China, its response, and emerging cases of racism and xenophobia against Africans in China also raise concerns about the future of South Africa-China relations
UR  - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00438200221102405
ER  -