China's Maritime Silk Road and East Africa

China Brief published on 10 November 2017 an article titled "One Belt One Road and East Africa: Beyond Chinese Influence" by Cobus van Staden, South African academic and journalist.

The author comments that One Belt One Road was articulated as a series of interlinked regional integrations that ultimately translate into a link with Beijing. He added that while Africa has enthusiastically done business with China over the last two decades, misgivings about the power imbalance between China and Africa remain.