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. ________ is not among the BRICS countries.

a) Brazil correct incorrect

b) South Korea correct incorrect

c) Russia correct incorrect

d) China correct incorrect

e) India correct incorrect

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. China's first White Paper on Foreign Aid in 2011 emphasized the following principles EXCEPT the following: ________.

a) helping recipient countries build up their self-development capacity correct incorrect

b) helping recipient countries build their political development in accordance with Chinese models correct incorrect

c) adhering to equality, mutual benefit, and common development correct incorrect

d) remaining realistic while striving for the best correct incorrect

e) keeping pace with the times and paying attention to reform and innovation correct incorrect

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. China's "________" strategy, initiated in 2000, has led China's business sector to become increasingly involved in development projects.

a) Foreign Aid correct incorrect

b) Friendship Association correct incorrect

c) Africa Policy correct incorrect

d) Going Global correct incorrect

e) White Paper correct incorrect

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. Chinese government has adjusted its stance on non-interference to a gradually more "creative involvement" approach respecting ________, consulting on an equal footing, and promoting peace and impartial dialogues.

a) sovereignty correct incorrect

b) equity correct incorrect

c) human rights correct incorrect

d) democracy correct incorrect

e) social merging correct incorrect

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. Some of China's current challenges are also relevant for developing countries, including those related to income inequality, ________, technological innovation, and the environment.

a) mining correct incorrect

b) exploring oil correct incorrect

c) agriculture correct incorrect

d) banking correct incorrect

e) commercialism correct incorrect

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. Critics and skeptics view the relationship between China and Africa as "________."

a) zero-sum correct incorrect

b) relative correct incorrect

c) win-win correct incorrect

d) variable correct incorrect

e) symmetrical correct incorrect

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. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) argues in relation to the BRICS countries, The continent also needs to be ________ when negotiating, and to pursue all areas of cooperation to stimulate production and "entrepreneurial development."

a) revolutionary correct incorrect

b) reactive correct incorrect

c) passive correct incorrect

d) neutral correct incorrect

e) assertive correct incorrect

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. China's Africa Policy and practice is framed by its foreign policy principles of Peaceful Development and A Harmonious World" and the values of ________."

a) political equality correct incorrect

b) mutual benefit correct incorrect

c) cultural exchange correct incorrect

d) win-win co-operation correct incorrect

e) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Africa and China are central to each other's development, combining all of the following interests EXCEPT for ________ interests.

a) economic correct incorrect

b) intelligentsia correct incorrect

c) political correct incorrect

d) strategic correct incorrect

e) cultural correct incorrect

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. The "________" initiative represents the first substantial intervention by China into the institutional architecture of global trade, investment, and financial governance.

a) Africa Policy correct incorrect

b) Maritime Silk Road correct incorrect

c) Agenda 2063 correct incorrect

d) Belt and Road correct incorrect

e) Going Global correct incorrect

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. A potential problem of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is that it ________.

a) addresses quickly and efficiently the need to embed openness, transparency, and inclusivity into its organizational culture and governance systems correct incorrect

b) specializes in Asia and infrastructure development correct incorrect

c) promises to be more open, transparent, and inclusive than existing multilateral development banks correct incorrect

d) is committed to high professional standards correct incorrect

e) provides an opportunity for innovation correct incorrect

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. The BRICS countries have a number of commonalities and convergences in their approaches to the "development agenda." The following is NOT among the communalities: ________.

a) They have extensive territories and significant populations correct incorrect

b) They have recorded impressive rates of GDP growth correct incorrect

c) They believe that they have become developed countries correct incorrect

d) They accept the idea that the state has an important role to play in domestic and international development correct incorrect

e) They implemented successful reforms resulting in economic recovery and eventual growth and political stability correct incorrect

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. The following statement on BRICS is FALSE: ________.

a) BRICS is a dialogue and co-operation platform among member states correct incorrect

b) The grouping accounts for 45 per cent of the world's gross domestic product correct incorrect

c) The group holds annual BRICS summits, rotating though the membership correct incorrect

d) BRICS countries have increased their share of global GDP threefold in the past 15 years correct incorrect

e) BRICS started active life in 2009 correct incorrect

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. In terms of differences, the BRICS members bring to the grouping very different ________.

a) cultures correct incorrect

b) value systems correct incorrect

c) geographies correct incorrect

d) political systems correct incorrect

e) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The Ufa Declaration issued at the end of the seventh summit in July 2015 in Russia noted the following shared common principles of BRICS: ________.

a) Openness correct incorrect

b) Solidarity correct incorrect

c) Equality correct incorrect

d) Mutual understanding correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. China is the world's second largest emerging economy.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The emerging economies are having an increasingly significant impact on international development as emerging powers with global reach, importance, and influence.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. China's understanding of "development" is similar to that of many Western countries.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. China's foreign aid principles are very similar to those of many Western states and international institutions.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. China has recently halted its engagement in the international development assistance system and in the regularized system of institutionalized conferences and policy determination procedures.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The Chinese business sector in Africa, thus, has "enclave" characteristics: enterprises are located together in business parks.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. China's emphasis on building infrastructure, including transport, hospitals, and education, reflects the prioritization of building capacities in the continent.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. China is not a new donor, and its objectives, mechanisms, and levels of finance have remained the same.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has provided for public-private partnerships.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Despite good economic progress, the emerging economies still suffer from conflict and poverty.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The BRICS grouping stresses that BRICS are "donors."

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The volume of the provision of development assistance also varies, reflecting various factors such as annual rates of growth and changing government, policy, and budget priorities.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. BRICS is often reluctant to accept the principle of non-intervention in the domestic affairs of their partners.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Although BRICS has undertaken on a bilateral, state-to-state basis, there are signs of growing multilateralism.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The emerging economies are making an increasing contribution to international development by providing much-needed investment, technical know-how and skills, as well as financial economic and political support.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect