Fu Manchu versus Dr Livingstone in the Dark Continent? Representing China, Africa and the West in British broadsheet newspapers

Political Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 509-529

  Mawdsley, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; China; Critical geopolitics; Newspapers; UK

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; COMMODITY PRICE; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBAL TRADE; INVESTMENT; MEDIA ROLE; TRADE RELATIONS;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48749112813     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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