LSE Global South Dialogue Series: Distant Mirror: A Comparative Assessment of African and Latin American Experiences of Global China

Speaker

Prof. Chris Alden

Chair

Prof. Alvaro Mendez

LSE Global South Dialogue Series IV: Distant Mirror: A Comparative Assessment of African and Latin American Experiences of Global China

China’s growing engagement with the Global South has reshaped international development and diplomacy. In this talk, Professor Chris Alden compares African and Latin American experiences of “Global China,” examining how both regions have navigated opportunities and challenges in their relations with Beijing. The session will explore how each region’s political economy, resource endowments, and historical trajectories have shaped their interactions with China and what these patterns reveal about the evolving South–South order.

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This event is an LSE Global South Unit Event (@LSE_GlobalSouth), co-organized and co-hosted with LSE IDEAS.

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Professor Chris Alden teaches International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where he is Deputy Head of the Department (PhD and Research). He is also Director of . He is a Research Associate with South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).

Álvaro Mendez is the Director of the Global South Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a Senior Associate Fellow at LSE IDEAS. He is a Full Research Professor at Rey JuanCarlos University in Madrid, working on a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation that focuses on strategies for internationalisation, innovation, and social responsibility. Prof. Mendez is also an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), and a Member of the Colombian Council of Foreign Affairs (CORI). He teaches at LSE, Sciences Po Paris, and Fudan University. Ha has won numerous teaching awards, such as the IR Departmental Teaching Prize in recognition of his teaching of International Relations at the LSE, and he has contributed to numerous books as an author, co-author, or editor of numerous books.

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