Sino-African win-win Policy under the One Belt One Road

Literature reviewSino-African win-win Policy under the unmatched Belt One alley initiativeWho invests more wins more?ABSTRACTPurpose The main objective of this review is to respect thoroughly the Sino-African relations across time and now the newly introduced One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative especially the contribution to academic literature. The focus is on the major events that marked the story of Africa since mainland China developed an interest until the new OBOR initiative and the conclusion highlights the importance on the study by analyse and contrasting the different perspectives in previous literature.Approach We considered an integrated and comprehensive literature based on a qualitative approach, we performed a content analysis of highly relevant and impactful melodic themes.Findings In this paper, we analyze normally controversial issues and express our viewpoints to conclude. However, the controversies remain a hot topic for further research works to be handle d with different methodologies and new theoretical approach. Implicit assumptions may always exist in terms of a quantitative assessment of the benefits from the China-Africa relations. Major differences in narratives exist between Western and Southern stakeholders.Limitations and Implications The conclusions from the work could be supported by additional research by considering a wider scope of the analysis. To give more clarifications to the a posteriori findings, more works needed to be done using quantitative data and qualitative examine that extend beyond the usual economic and geographical limits as well as the socio-political limits.Value This paper reviews decades of research on China in Africa and presents a snapshot of the recent OBOR initiative. It further draws attention to the destiny for subsequent literature to explore new methods of analysis for better understanding of the China-Africa relations and the role each(prenominal) part plays to the sustainability of this cooperation.Keywords Africa, China, relationship, One Belt One Road.