The Diplomat published on 28 February 2020 a report titled "Can Mozambique Learn to Love China?" by Ari Rickman, who studied in Mozambique.
Mozambique's premier university, Eduardo Mondlane, is the location for one of China's 61 Confucius Institutes in Africa. The author identified several challenges facing the Confucius Institute and concluded that belief in the growing power of China, rather than a deep-seated affinity for China, is the main soft power divided being reaped from the Institute.