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‘Safari Tour’ and Zhou’s Dream of Mao’s Land in Africa

2017; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-47030-6_2

2661-8443

Young-Chan Kim,

China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

The purpose of this chapter is to consider China’s African policy within Zhongnanhai’s internal investigation during Mao Zedong’s regime, with a focus on Mao’s misconception of Zhou’s pragmatic policy implementation and Zhou’s unchangeable loyalty to Mao. Furthermore, Mao’s counter offensive towards Zhou during the Geneva and Bandung Conference, illustrated his worries re Zhou’s power challenge. In addition, Zhou’s surging appearance on the international stage and brewing conflict during the Sino-Soviet foreign relation was further analysed in line with the radical political movement (Ultra-Leftist) in China, alongside the Great Leap Forward Movement. Did Mao regard Zhou as a potential threat to his rule? Was Mao therefore attempting to remove him as he did with Liu Shaoqi—thus was Zhou attempting to illustrate his loyalty to Mao by trying to implement Maoism in Africa? Ultimately, what does Zhou’s dream tell us about Xi’s ‘New Silk Road’ project, and the intricacies behind it?