China flexes its media muscle in Africa – encouraging positive headlines as part of a soft power agenda
China’s minister of foreign affairs embarks on what has now become a customary odyssey across Africa. The tradition began in ...
China builds space alliances in Africa as Trump cuts foreign aid
China has forged nearly two-dozen pacts with African nations in its bid to surpass the U.S. in space. Investments in ...
Will China fill gap left by the US at G20 foreign ministers' meeting in South Africa?
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plan to skip the Group of 20 foreign ministers' talks in Johannesburg next week could leave room for China to assume leadership of the group amid a dispute between ...
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Chinese lauds African leaders as AU summit begins
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday sent a message to the 38th African Union (AU) Summit, extending warm congratulations ...
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China Builds Space Alliances in Africa as Trump Cuts Foreign Aid
To understand China’s space push in Africa, Reuters interviewed more than 30 people with knowledge of Chinese projects on the continent, including diplomats, space engineers, consultants ...
China builds space alliances in Africa with Egyptian satellite lab as Trump cuts foreign aid
On the outskirts of Cairo, a cutting-edge space lab was supposed to be the first in Africa to produce homegrown satellites.