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Angola is Now a New Front in the U.S.-China Technology Duel

by Eric Olander
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang (L) visited Huawei's technology park in Angola on Janury 13, 2023 while the State Department's number two diplomat, Wendy Sherman, (R) paid a visit to the Angola offices of the U.S. government-backed telecom operator Africell on May 5, 2022.

Technology, not oil, emerged as a key focus of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s brief visit to Angola on Friday.

Qin visited Huawei’s new $80 million technology park in the capital Luanda and later oversaw a signing ceremony with Finance Minister Vera Daves for a $249 million China Exim Bank-financed project to build broadband infrastructure throughout the country.

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