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2026: Africa-China Relations in a World Shaped by North-South Geopolitics
Flags of South Africa and China are seen during the fireworks displays in the Cyryldene district of Johannesburg on February 8, 2025 during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations.(Photo by Christian Velcich / AFP)
When talking about Africa–China relations, one is always moving along a sliding scale. There are myriad interactions with Chinese entities that concern only individual African countries, segueing into trends affecting the whole continent and sliding further into global dynamics shaping the developing world, of which Africa is the heart.