Uganda is the Latest Stop for High-Level CPC Delegation Touring East Africa

Li Mingxiang, vice minister for the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist party of China, held talks in Kampala with leaders of Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement party on March 1, 2023. Image via @NRMOnline.

While U.S. lawmakers see themselves in an “existential struggle” with the Communist Party of China (CPC), Party officials are getting a considerably warmer reception in Africa.

Li Mingxiang, the Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC’s Central Committee, met with officials from Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) this week. He also visited Kenya and Tanzania.

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