Moderator: Chris Alden

Chris Alden is Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Director of LSE IDEAS. He is author or editor of New Directions in Africa-China Studies (Routledge 2018), China and Africa – Building Peace and Security Cooperation on the Continent (Palgrave 2017), China and Mozambique: From Comrades to Capitalists (Johannesburg: Jacana 2014), Returns to Africa (Hurst 2008), China in Africa (Zed 2007). He regularly teaches courses at University of Cape Town and Peking University and was a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, 1990-2000.