China's African Peacekeeping Decision making in the Hu Jintao Era

Fanie Herman holds a PhD in international politics and is interested in China's diplomatic relations with Africa. He published articles in international journals on the strategic, security and economic dimensions of this relationship. Some of his noted articles are China's oil diplomacy with Sub-Saharan Africa, China and South Africa: a case study on two level-games, the role of the Chinese media in African peacekeeping operations, China and power politics in Africa, and Sino-South African diplomacy. Currently he is a part-time lecturer in International Affairs at a University in Taiwan.