The Foreign Policy Research Institute published on 9 March 2022 a study titled "Correlates of Politics and Economics: How Chinese Investment in Africa Changes Political Influence" by Carla D. Jones, Mengge Li, and Hermann A. Ndofor.
This study investigates the impact of Chinese economic engagement in Africa (FDI and loans from China to African countries) on African countries' international political alignment as evidenced by voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. During the entire period of the study, Chinese FDI and loans to Africa resulted in reduced political alignment between African countries and the United States.
