{"title":"China\u2019s Health Diplomacy to Strengthen Ties with Africa","authors":"Wanda Luen-Wun Siu, Xiaowen Zhang","volume":193,"journal":"International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","pagesStart":53,"pagesEnd":58,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10012913","abstract":"<p>The outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic has caused great difficulties for South-South cooperation, but there are also opportunities. China\u2019s health diplomacy has changed from dispatching medical teams, assisting in the construction of hospitals, and to encouraging medical investment in the Africa health sector. This paper adopted a retrospective review of China\u2019s health statecraft in Africa from 1963 to 2020. Findings suggested that China has a preference for aiding Africa health infrastructure and sending medical teams to African countries and it is both socially and financially sustainable. China\u2019s health diplomacy in Africa is a success and has established secure diplomatic relations with African countries, thanks to the medical and health assistance to Africa over 60 years. This research contributes to the literature of health diplomacy and indicates that China\u2019s health aid has fostered cooperation at the medical and diplomatic levels.<\/p>","references":"[1]\tIT. Hesketh T, X. Z. Wei, \u201cHealth in China. From Mao to market reform,\u201d BMJ 314 (7093): 1543-1545, 1997 (PubMed: 9183206).\r\n[2]\tS. Sze, The origins of the World Health Organization: a personal memoir, 1946-1948: LISZ Publications, 1983.\r\n[3]\tA. Z. Rubinstein, Soviets in International Organizations: Changing Policy toward Developing Countries, 1953-1963: Princeton University Press, 2015.\r\n[4]\tY. Z. Huang, \u201cDomestic Politics and China\u2019s Health Aid to Africa.\u201d China: An International Journal 12 (3): 176-198, 2014. \r\n[5]\tJ. Heringto, K. Lee, \u201cThe limits of global health diplomacy: Taiwan\u2019 observer status at the world health assembly,\u201d 10 Global Health, 2014, Doi: 10.1186\/s12992-014-0071-y.\r\n[6]\tJ. Kachiga, China in Africa: Articulating China\u2019s Africa Policy, 2013.\r\n[7]\tY. P. Wang, N. Jin, X. D. Fan, \u201cHistory, current situation and trend of China's overseas health facilities aid,\u201d Chinese Journal of Health Policy, 10(8): 60-67, 2017.\r\n[8]\tY. P. Wang, N. Jin, X. D.Fan, \u201cHistory, current situation and trend of China\u2019s overseas health facilities aid\u201d Chinese Journal of Health Policy, 10(8): 60-67, 2017.\r\n[9]\tSpeech by Chen Zhu at the National Medical and Health International Cooperation Conference, Beijing, January 10, 2008. \r\n[10]\tStaff writer, \"China's International Development Cooperation in the New Era\" White Paper, Central Government of the People's Republic of China, January 10, 2021.\r\n[11]\tRefer to important documents of China-Africa Forum, according to website: http:\/\/www.focac.org, 2020.\r\n[12]\tA. P. Zeng, \u201cGlobal Public Health Governance Cooperation: The Perspective of China-Africa Joint Development of a Healthy Silk Road,\u201d West Asia and Africa Issue 1, 2012.\r\n[13]\tStaff writer, \u201cChina's Health Participation in Africa: Soft Power, Public Goods or Investment Opportunities?\u201d CIDRN Research Report, 2011. \r\n[14]\tJ. X. Chi, \"China's participation in African public health care: based on medicine: Angle of view of investment cooperation,\u201d West Asia and Africa, Issue 1, 2017.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 193, 2023"}