China and Africa: A Century of Engagement

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to acknowledge the American Foreign Policy Council, particularly its president, Herman Pirchner, for his extensive support in both conceiving of and administering the grant funding for this project. We would also like to thank the Smith Richardson Foundation for its financial support and the advice and assistance of Allan Song. We are grateful for the help of the Chinese Association for International Understanding in Beijing. Without the support of these three organizations this project would not have been possible. We would also like to recognize Richard Baum, Peiter Botteilier, Harry Harding, Eric Heginbotham, David M. Lampton, Derek J. Mitchell, Edward McCord, Michael O. Moore, Thomas I. Palley, David Shambaugh, Stephen Schlaikjer, Richard C. Thornton, and Anne F. Thurston for their insightful instructions on Chinese politics and economics; Edmond Keller, Michael Lofchie, and Daniel Posner, for their expert lessons in African politics and economics; Elizabeth Wood, Ilan Berman, Richard Harrison, Jeff Smith, and Annie Swingen for their collegial and administrative support; Alfred Romann for his expert editing; and the staff of the Charles E. Young Research Library at the University of California, Los Angeles, the staff of the Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library at The George Washington University , and the staff of the Ralph J. Bunche Library at the U.S. Department of State for their assistance and patience. We also would like to thank Deborah Bräutigam, Brian Chung, Jennifer Cooke, Lucy Corkin, Dai Fengning, Sebastian Grafe, Derek Grossman, Sanusha Naidu, Jeremy Roseman, Devin T. Stewart, Wang Duanyong, Wang Hongyi, and Wang Xudong for their encouragement. Special thanks to George T. Yu for his excellent foreword and Bill Finan for skillfully shepherding the manuscript through the Penn Press publication process. ...