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China’s Low-Key Response to the Niger Coup

by Eric Olander

The Chinese government has been noticeably quiet in response to the turbulent events in Niger where President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed last month in a military coup.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued three pro-forma statements about what happened in Niamey that are very different in both tone and substance to Beijing’s response to a similar uprising in Guinea in 2021.

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