Friday, April 24, 2020

China-Egypt Ties Strong in Spite of Anti-China Sentiment

Al-Monitor published on 23 April 2020 an article titled "Cairo-Beijing Ties Strong Amid Surge of Anti-China Sentiment in Egypt" by Shahira Amin, Cairo-based journalist.

The author reports a surge in anti-China sentiment in Egypt since the outbreak of the coronavirus. But Chinese investment in Egypt has reached nearly $7 billion and China is Egypt's largest trading partner. President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who has visited China six times since 2014, perceives China as a political and security superpower. Egypt is concerned about China's financial support for Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, which Egypt believes threatens its supply of water from the Nile.