The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

  African Arguments posted on 13 August 2026 a commentary titled " The Beijing of It All: Africa's Development Terms Are No Longer...

 Azerbaijan's News.az published on 31 December 2025 an article titled " Why China Needs Africa ." For Beijing, Africa has bec...

 The New Left Review published on 25 July 2024 a commentary titled " Evil Empires? " by Elizabeth Schmidt. The author looks at th...

  Politico published on 15 February 2022 an article titled " EU Temps Africa Away from Chinese Influence " by Stuart Lau and Barb...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Africa has resulted in an increase in press inquiries and quotations from things I have written ...

Radio France 24 hosted on 26 March 2013 a f rank and balanced discussion on China in Africa .  The participants were Solange Guo Chatelard,...