Semafor published on 20 November 2025 a commentary titled "How African Nations Got Stuck with China" by Andy Browne, managing editor of Live Journalism.
China offers Africa mercantilist trade policies and adds to African debt with its loan practices, but Western countries have not stepped up to fill the need on the continent. Washington has dismantled the US Agency for International Development, and some European countries are scaling back their aid programs. As a result, Beijing is making progress on forging an alternative to the US-led global order.
