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The geopolitical landscape of contemporary China-Africa relations has provoked wide media interest. After being conspicuously overlooked during the G8鈥檚 purported 鈥榊ear of Africa鈥�, the topic generated wider debate in the build-up to the China-Africa Summit in Beijing in 2006. Despite this, China鈥檚 deepening re-engagement with the African continent has been relatively neglected in academic and development policy circles. In particular, the concrete ways in which different Chinese actors are operating in different parts of Africa, their political dynamics and implications for African development as well as Western views of this phenomenon, have yet be explored in depth.鈥滳hina Returns to Africa鈥� responds to this need by addressing the key issues in contemporary China-Africa relations. Taking its cue from the widely touted 鈥楥hinese Scramble for Africa鈥� and the accompanying claim of a 鈥榥ew Chinese imperialism鈥�, the book moves beyond narrow media-driven concerns to offer one of the first far-ranging surveys of China鈥檚 return to Africa, examining what this new relationship holds for diplomacy, trade and development.