China-Sierra Leone Relations: Friendship, Co-operation and Win-Win Diplomacy

Author : By David J. Francis (ed.)

This seminal book critically examines the China-Sierra Leone relations, within the framework of the long-standing friendship, win-win diplomacy and the complex co-operation between the two countries at the geo-political, bilateral and multilateral levels of engagement. 

To mark the 50th Anniversary of the China-Sierra Leone engagements and the establishment of diplomatic relations, on July 29, 2021, Chinese President, Xi Jinping and Sierra Leonean President, Julius Maada Bio, held a long telephone conversation to consolidate the bilateral relations between the two countries. During President Bio’s State Visit to China in February 2024 President Xi Jinping described the China-Sierra Leone relations as “a good example of China-Africa solidarity and co-operation”.

Although China is one of Sierra Leone’s most important bilateral partners, providing significant development assistance and implementing various infrastructural projects across the country through the China Aid programme, there is limited understanding of why the two countries hold such importance to each other in the geo-political and geo-economics context, and in the process, has emerged as a model partnership of China-Africa relations and co-operation. 

This book explores the history, nature, scope, trajectory, key players, the complexity of bilateral and multilateral diplomacy and the overall impact of the Sino-Sierra Leone relations on both nations. The book will be of interest to academics, scholars, researchers, policy practitioners, diplomats, educators, journalists and others interested in Sierra Leone and African politics; China-Africa relations, China’s geopolitics, International Relations and Political Economy of Africa and China engagements.   

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Professor David J. Francis is currently a Senior Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, China. Professor Francis is a distinguished international academic, who served as Head of Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford in UK. He also held a Research Professorial Chair as well as UNESCO Chair at the same University. Professor Francis is extensively published with 12 books on Sierra Leone, African politics, peace, security and development issues in general. As a statesman, diplomat and policy practitioner, Professor Francis served as Chief Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Sierra Leone between 2018 and 2023.

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