Assessment Of Chin-south Sudan Economic Cooperation

Even though South Sudan is newly created state since 2011,it has formulated foreign policy and bilateral relations.China is one of economic partner to the country.In this study,it is attempted to evaluate Chin-South Sudan Economic Cooperation,with particular emphasis on the Role of China in Infrastructure Development of South Sudan.Accordingly,South Sudan-China Relations;China's Foreign Policy in South Sudan;China's Interests in South Sudan;China and the Mediation Process;Crossroads of Perceptions;Bilateral to Multilateral Engagement;South Sudan –China Economic Cooperation;South Sudan's Development Initiative;South Sudan's Infrastructural Background;Chinese Role in South Sudan: Infrastructural Development Sector;China's Infrastructure Agreements;China's Oil investments;and Opportunities and Challenges are discussed.The new country's infrastructure remains in such a dismal state that it is difficult to pinpoint a single most pressing challenge.The transport sector account for half of the country's spending needs,and water and sanitation account for a further quarter of the total.But so many improvements are needed that the nation cannot realistically catch up with its neighbors within 10 years,or even longer.Despite with these South Sudan's challenges(in making its own way in infrastructure development)currently faces in domestic politics,economic and security and social stability,China policy of giving loans to South Sudan has affected the economic development of the country and as the result this economic instability has weakened the political strength of the government.China most help South Sudan build an effective and varied more successful economic system by upgrading their extractive industrialization and agricultural modernization sectors and encourage the country to avoid becoming dependent on oil revenues.In order to do so,Chinese risk analysis need better access to information on the ground to examine the existing conflict drivers and different conflict actors.Chinese companies working in the field have direct experience of the local context,so are well placed to play an important role in gathering such information and reporting it back to Beijing.Chinese risk analysts could also consider consulting with various local stakeholders to obtain information forms a wider range of sources.Therefore,the country is in a state of emergency calling for international partners.To this regard,the Republic of South Sudan vitally needs the People's Republic of China for infrastructural developments.South Sudan has annual infrastructure funding gap is USD 879 million per year.Chapter 1 includes background of the study and the significance of the research in which South Sudan as newest country in the world,got its independent since 2011 and became 193 rd full member of UN.And,almost all nations and international communities have given their recognition to South Sudan.South Sudan has already started bilateral and diplomatic relations with countries.South Sudan is still in its state building process,and good will nations have been involving in contribution to it.Among these,the contribution and the cooperation of People's Republic of China to South Sudan can be taken as at a progressive level by any round.China's assistance,especially in the field of Infrastructure,can be taken as a significant as also the government's top priority policy.The objectives of the research to analyze the China-South Sudan Economic Cooperation and to identify the main infrastructural developments of South Sudan and the Chinese role in the sector also identify Challenges and Potential opportunities for the infrastructural developments of South Sudan.Despite what the Republic of South Sudan faces challenges in its current affairs,the China –South Sudan Economic cooperation has benefited some opportunities to South Sudan,particularly in infrastructural and economic development of the country.The research methodology was mainly analyzing qualitative and explanatory secondary sources and adopting conceptual frameworks of economic cooperation frequently international cooperation is always an essential part of the foreign policy implemented by governments,in order to understand the changes that take place in cooperation we need to take into account the new scenarios in which relationships between states are taking place.Therefore,the emergence of new concepts linked to cooperation —such as what is known as "economic cooperation" — is closely related to the changes that have taken place in the world scenario and,particularly,to the processes of globalization and integration currently going on.Economic cooperation is a concept that is consistently being used as a simile for entrepreneurial,industrial,financial or productive cooperation.Development for almost every writer,a different definition of development exists.Important to first distinguish between: Development as a state or condition-static and Development as a process or course of change-dynamic.Development is not purely an economic phenomenon but rather a multi-dimensional process involving reorganization and reorientation of entire economic and social system.Development is process of improving the quality of all human lives with three equally important aspects.Chapter 2 includes China – South Sudan economic cooperation Since South Sudan's independence in July 2011,and especially following the economic hardship following Juba's decision to shut down its oil industry in early 2012,the influence of unstable politics has been all too clearly shown.In April 2013,following another agreement brokered by the African Union(AU)High-Level Panel between South Sudan and Sudan,the oil started flowing again,but remained subject to considerable uncertainty.There were high hopes and expectations about what China could contribute to South Sudan's development before and after July 2011,both inside and outside the new country.In one sense,this was a false dawn.These mostly external projections were more imagined than in line with the realities of the fledgling new state.While conflict between and within South Sudan and Sudan has remained prominent,a process has been underway at the same time that has entailed a deepening Chinese engagement with the government of South Sudan.This potentially significant governance role has seen South Sudan and China try to enhance political relations and,in the process,to add substance to a much heralded but,as yet,mostly undeveloped economic partnership,outside oil.This underlines the fundamental significance of governance to China's current and future relations with South Sudan,and how this is inextricably tied both to China's ability to deliver a sustained developmental contribution and to South Sudan's prospects for managing China's engagement to advance its own development goals.Chapter 3 the study finds in practice economic cooperation between China and South Sudan there is many projects that have been agreed reportedly include the construction of a new embassy in Beijing and a USD 150 million preferred supplier credit agreement to revamp Juba airport.Regarding Chinese financing for larger projects,it has been stated that an agreement has been signed with a Chinese company,China Gezhouba Group,to connect power lines from Ethiopia to the eastern part of the Nile(covering Upper Nile,Jonglei and Central Equatorial states)at the cost of US 330 million to be provided by the Chinese Government.Road construction projects that are still on the table include a large section of South Sudan's proposed two national road between Juba and Rumbek(for which the private company Shangdong High speed has been conducting a feasibility study)and the completion of the proposed national road 1 in Upper Nile that Sinohydro began constructing before independence.Chapter 4 illustrates the opportunities and challenges which has been faced during the economic cooperation between China and South Sudan,and finally Chapter 5 gives us the conclusion and recommendation basic on the former illustration.