China Uses Summit to Try to Turn African Nations Against US

Published on September 6, 2024

JOHANNESBURG—China’s leader Xi Jinping has upped the ante in his efforts to enlist the Global South in his anti-West “New World Order.” Xi is promising almost $51 billion in financing to African countries over the next three years, and pledging to put them at the forefront of a global “renewable energy revolution.” His administration used this week’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, attended by 50 African leaders and which the Chinese foreign ministry labeled “the largest diplomatic event China has hosted in recent years,” to strengthen trade and military ties with African countries. The Chinese leader also promised to help “create at least 1 million jobs for Africa” and $141 million in grants for military assistance, saying Beijing would “provide training for 6,000 military personnel and 1,000 police and law enforcement officers from Africa.”...

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