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Chinese Donation of Motorbikes Highlights Police-to-Police Ties With Lesotho

by Eric Olander

China’s ambassador to the tiny landlocked southern African country of Lesotho led a handover ceremony last week of dozens of police motorbikes donated by China’s Ministry of Public Security (China’s domestic law enforcement agency).

The donation highlights how so much of China-Africa engagement extends beyond traditional government-to-government ties, a trend highlighted recently by Wake Forest University political scientist Lina Benabdallah in her new book “Shaping the Future of Power: Knowledge Production and Network-Building in China-Africa Relations.”

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