One of China’s Most Famous Experts on African History Draws the Link Between Agency and Development

File image of Li Anshan, professor emeritus at Peking University and president of the Chinese Association of African History.

Africa won’t achieve development if it doesn’t also grasp full autonomy in the international system. This is the view of Li Anshan, one of China’s most prominent academic experts on African history.

This subordination to outside powers echoes that of China in the early twentieth century, said Li:

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