Ana Cristina Alves
Position: Senior Researcher
Programme/Project: Global Powers in Africa
Areas of Research Expertise
Emerging powers in Africa
China-Africa relations
Brazil-Africa relations
China in South America
Background:
Ana C. Alves holds a PhD degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics, her dissertation topic was 'China's Oil Diplomacy in Africa and South America: Comparing Chinese economic statecraft in Angola and Brazil'. She holds a M.A. in International Relations (specialising in China studies) from Technical University of Lisbon (TUL). Ana Alves has a long record as a researcher having worked in several projects (1998-2001 – Macau in the Pearl River Delta, Instituto do Oriente, IO-UTL; 2001-2005 – The first five years of Macau's transition to Chinese sovereignity, IO-UTL; 2005-2009 – China in the African Portuguese speaking countries IO-UTL; 2007-2011 - China in Africa project, SAIIA). She is currently on leave from Technical University of Lisbon where she is Auxiliary Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences and researcher at the Instituto do Oriente.
Languages spoken:
Portuguese (native),
English and French (proficient),
Mandarin (beginners).
Recent Publications:
Books:
China and Angola: a marriage of convenience? (2012), co-edited with Marcus Power, Cape-Town: Fahamu, forthcoming
Chapters in books:
"Taming the Dragon: Sinopec's interests in Angola", (2012) in: Ana Alves and Marcus Power (eds), China and Angola: a marriage of convenience, Cape-Town: Fahamu, forthcoming
"Chinese banking in Mozambique: the Macanese connection" (2012), in: Chris Alden and Sergio Chichava (eds.), China-Mozambique relations at the crossroads, Maputo: IESE, forthcoming
"O Petroleo, a China e Angola no seculo XXI" (Oct. 2011) in: Jose Oliveira (ed.), Relatorio Energia em Angola 2011, CEIC: Luanda, pp. 76-94
"Angola's Resources: from conflict to development" (2009), in Ruchita Beri & Uttam K. Sinha (eds.) Africa and energy Security: Global issues, local Responses, New Delhi: Academic Foundation & IDSA, pp.155-175
"Macau como plataforma de ligação da China aos países africanos de língua oficial portuguesa" (2009), in: Macau: Cinco Anos, Lisboa: ISCSP/FCT, pp. 213-222
"Chinese Economic Diplomacy in Africa: the Lusophone Strategy" (2008), in Chris Alden, Dan Large and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira (eds.) China Returns to Africa: a superpower and a continent embrace, London: CR Hurst, pp. 69-81
Journal articles:
"Chinese Oil Diplomacy in Angola and Brazil: A comparative study", (July 2012) Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, special edition, forthcoming
"Chinese Resource Quest in Brazil: the changing role of economic statecraft', Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, Summer/Autumn 2012, forthcoming
"La Chine et les Resources Naturelles en Afrique » (March 2010), co-authored with Chris Alden, in: Les Temps Modernes, Paris: Gallimard,
"History and Identity in the Construction of China's Africa Policy" (March 2008), co-authored with Chris Alden, in: Review of African Political Economy, special issue: 'The New face of China-African Co-operation', By Marcus Power & Giles Mohan (ed), 115:35, pp. 43-58
"The resurgence of China's Third World policy in the 21st Century" (June 2007) in Daxiyangguo: Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Asiáticos, nº11, Instituto do Oriente, ISCSP-UTL: Lisbon
Other publications:
The Zambia China Cooperation Zone at a crossroads: what now? (December 2011), Policy Briefing 41, Johannesburg: SAIIA
Chinese Banking interests in Mozambique (November 2011), Policy Briefing 37, Johannesburg: SAIIA
Chinese Economic and Trade Co-operation Zones in Africa: Explaining the Mauritius Case (January 2011), Occasional Paper, Johannesburg: SAIIA
'A brief Analysis of China's oil interests in Angola' (August 2010), in: The China Monitor, Cape Town: CCS
The Oil Factor in Sino-Angolan Relations at the Start of the 21st Century (Feb. 2010), Occasional Paper No. 55, Johannesburg: SAIIA, 32pp.
China and Africa's Natural Resources: challenges and implications for development and governance (Sep. 2009), Co-authored with Chris Alden, Johannesburg: SAIIA
China's Lusophone Connection (2008) China in Africa Project Report no. 2, Johannesburg: SAIIA
China and Gabon: a growing resource partnership (2008), China in Africa Project Report no. 4, Johannesburg: SAIIA
China Tango: the Sino-Latin America Trade Dance (May 2007), co-authored with C. Alden, Global Geopolitics Special Report, Shanghai: CLSA
Email address: Ana.Alves@wits.ac.za
