Why Taking Over Africa Is a Key Part of Beijing’s Silent War Against America

JOHANNESBURG—China’s influence in and over the lives of Africa’s 1.5 billion people is now so broad that it extends into almost all aspects of African societies. The communist regime’s footprint is stamped across the continent in almost all economic sectors, including agriculture, natural resources, and trade and logistics. Chinese companies are deeply invested in manufacturing, services, and real estate. [epoch_component type=”photo_gallery” position=”column-right” section_title=”” width=”150″ items=”5622281,”][/epoch_component] China now controls about 12 percent of Africa’s industrial output, about $500 billion annually, according to research by the Policy Center for the New South. Chinese companies have captured almost 50 percent of Africa’s contracted construction market....