China Open Door policy 1978
embraced globalisation, reduced poverty and boosted economy, creates SEZ
China FDI into Ethiopia
- railway from Addis Ababa to landlocked port in Djibouti
- reduce high unemployment rate of 21.6%
- use of cleaner energy from hydroelectrics created a cleaner environment which helped reduce disease and contributed to the reduction of carbon emission
- Renewable energy sources made e.g. a Chinese company called the Sino Hydro Corporation invested in the construction of a new dam in the Omo river with 2150 megawatts of hydroelectric capacity which has been instrumental in guaranteeing a stable supply of power and helping Ethiopia to fulfil its plan of becoming a major electricity exporter
DIsney
14 theme parks, 6 film/tv companies, 728 shops, cruise line, 5 record labels, employs 180000, plus 40000 suppliers in 70 countries
M-PESA
mobile phone service in africa, 49.7m customers
Zambia
landlocked, $20b FDI invested into copper, 186okm Tanzam railway
Tanzania
fertile volcanic soils, volcanoes, tanzam railway, close to sahel
china - global shift impacts
82 airports built, reduced poverty by 680 mil, urban incomes increased 10%, free education between 6-15, 3mil ha farmland polluted, 70% of rivers/lakes polluted, 360mil with no safe drinking water
Mumbai
megacity, illegal squatters, Dharavi slum has 1mil/sq mile, 4000 cases per day of diphtheria
China censorship
great firewall, 38 journalists jailed in 2017
canada
First nations (indigenous peoples) affected by TNCs - resource exploitation eg fracking
totnes
transition town - local pound, 6000 signed petition against Costa,
fairtrade
reduces child labour, returns revenue to growers, products more expensive
