Thursday, April 17, 2014

Xi Jinping's Africa Policy: The First Year

Washington-based Brookings published a commentary on 14 April 2014 titled "Xi Jinping's Africa Policy: The First Year" by Yun Sun, visiting fellow at the Africa Growth Initiative.

Yun Sun argues that China under Xi Jinping has assertively enhanced its direct involvement in Africa's security affairs, possibly even abandoning it long-term "non-interference" principle to protect its overseas economic interests.  Instability and conflicts in Africa have increasingly become a direct challenge to China's economic interests in Africa.