China and Africa

China is actively expanding its influence in Africa to secure supplies of natural resources, to counter Western political and economic influence while expanding China’s global influence, and to further isolate Taiwan. As a result, Chinese support for political and economic repression in Africa is countering the liberalizing influences of Africa’s tra­ditional European and American partners. It is in the U.S. national interest to address these develop­ments in Africa by deftly encouraging democratic processes, economic freedom, and respect for human rights across the African continent.

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