Connecting Connectivities: China and the Environmental Dimension of the Belt and Road Initiative in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries

Andrea Valente

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China and the Environmental Dimension of the Belt and Road Initiative in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries

In: The Presence of China and the Chinese Diaspora in Portugal and Portuguese-Speaking Territories

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Pages:: 166–180

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004473195_011

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Launched in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been presented as China’s grand strategy that could reshape the twenty-first century. Since its inception, two of its core objectives are common development and connectivity. Energy interconnectivity, in particular, is one of the pillars supporting this ambitious project. This chapter seeks to shed light specifically on the potential of BRI’s environmental dimension. It discusses the role that BRI – and China - may play in promoting more sustainable solutions in the African power sector. Environmental leadership is, according to this chapter, the way China can demonstrate that BRI is not only viable but advantageous. Using the Portuguese-speaking African countries as an example, and highlighting the role that Portugal may play in China’s strategy, the chapter argues that investing in renewables in this region would have an amplified result – economically, socially, in terms of sustainability, and, ultimately, politically. By connecting connectivities, China can create strategic complementarities. China has great potential for influencing Africa’s development objectives and needs. In doing so, it will also improve BRI’s potential.

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The Presence of China and the Chinese Diaspora in Portugal and Portuguese-Speaking Territories

Series: Chinese Overseas, Volume: 19

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004473195

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 27 Aug 2021

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