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China’s Messaging to Africa on Xinjiang in Action

by Cobus van Staden
Image via Mohamed Osman's Twitter feed

The meeting this week between a group of African journalists and Wu Peng, China’s top diplomat to Africa, became an example of how Chinese government officials use direct engagement with reporters as a messaging tool.

China has cultivated support in the Global South for its much-criticized measures against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.

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