China-Africa Think Tank Forum

 Modern Diplomacy published on 30 January 2023 a commentary titled "The New Role of Formal and Informal Academic Diplomacy for the China-Africa Forum" by Nadia Helmy, Beni Suef University in Egypt.  

The author describes the increasing role that Chinese think tanks are playing in academic diplomacy in Africa.

China's Communist Party Expands Influence in Africa

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies published on 30 August 2018 an analysis titled "Grand Strategy and China's Soft Power Push in Africa" by Paul Nantulya.

The author argues that the overwhelming goal of China's grand strategy is to restore itself as a great power. He then describes steps taken by China's Communist Party to extend its influence in Africa.