Critical Report from African Think Tank Name-Checked in Beijing’s Response to Summit

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaking during the regular press briefing in Beijing on November 12, 2022. Image via the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

While the Biden administration is trying to steer discussions of its Africa summit away from its geopolitical competition with China, the opposite is true in Beijing. At a press briefing on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin framed the summit as a geopolitical tool: 

“We are glad to see that all sides of the international community are paying more attention to Africa, but we firmly oppose using Africa as an arena for great power rivalry and using African strategy as a tool to limit and attack other countries’ cooperation with Africa.”

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