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The United States House of Representatives passed a mammoth multi-billion dollar bill late last month that aims to improve U.S. competitiveness with China. It also includes a number of key provisions aimed at curtailing Chinese influence in Africa. While the legislation ...
The Top Commander for U.S. Forces in Africa Was Asked if China and Russia Are Involved in the Recent Wave of Coups
General Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), is well known for his oft-stated concern about China's presence in Africa and the destabilizing role that he feels Beijing plays on the continent. So, when journalist Simon Ateba, the Washington, D.C. ...
This Exchange on Capitol Hill Explains Why the Pentagon Keeps Saying China Wants to Build a New Base in Africa
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Influential U.S. Group Calls on China and Other Creditors to Be More Transparent About Emerging Market Debt
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A Rare Long-form Discussion in the United States Media on China-Africa Relations
It's extremely rare in the United States for a national broadcast media outlet to feature a nuanced discussion on China-Africa relations. In most instances, as was the case last year on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, the issue is often framed using outdated ...
High-Level U.S. National Security Delegation Pitched Tshisekedi a “Different Development Model” Than China’s
A high-level delegation from the United States met with Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa on Friday, in what appears to be an effort to try and loosen China's increasingly tight grip on the Congolese mining sector. The ...
Right Now, It’s the U.S. Fed, Not China That’s Making African Borrowers Very Nervous
While one U.S. foreign policy analyst after another sounds the alarm on the threats posed by Chinese debt in Africa and elsewhere, the reality is that finance policymakers across the continent are currently more anxious about what's going to happen in Washington, specifically at the ...
Contrasting U.S. and Liberian Views on the Role of Chinese Lending in African
There's been a noticeable increase this year in the frequency of seminars (off and online) in the United States about the Belt and Road and China's role in Africa in particular. Generally speaking, the consensus among the participants, particularly those from the U.S., is quite negative towards ...
Report: Increased Chinese Economic Engagement in Africa Has Led to Enhanced Political Alignment
China is realizing significant political dividends from its steadily rising economic engagement in Africa over the past two decades, according to new findings by a trio of scholars in the United States. The researchers, Carla D. Jones, Hermann ...
A Flurry of China-Africa Webinars at Institutions Across the U.S.
Interest in China-Africa relations among scholars and institutions in the U.S. appears to be on the rise in 2022, at least as measured by the number of webinars on the topic over the past couple of weeks: THE HOOVER INSTITUTION ...
The Big Chill
Over the last few years, we’ve seen increasing hand-wringing in Western capitals about how the money China is spending in the Global South translates into direct political influence. This week research was published that quantifies the issue. A new report ...