Rhys Jenkins is Professor of Development Economics at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia. He has a long standing interest in the socio-economic and environmental impacts of globalisation on developing countries. His recent research has focused on the impact of China on Latin America and on South Africa. He co-edited China and Latin America: Economic Relations in the Twenty-First Century ( German Development Institute, 2009) and has published numerous articles on China and Latin America and China and Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as consultancy reports to the UK Department for International Development on the subject.