Where Does Africa Fit in Xi Jinping's Worldview?

The Chinafrica Project ran a 32-minute podcast on 21 July 2018 titled "Where Does Africa Fit in Xi Jinping's Worldview?" Hosts Eric Olander and Cobus van Staden discussed the issue with Elizabeth Economy, US Council on Foreign Relations.

Economy, who has recently returned from a visit to China, reported that the prevailing view in China is that the liberal international order is over and China wants to play a key role in shaping the new order. At the same time, Economy found that some Chinese believe China has over reached. An example of this may be the Belt and Road Initiative that now includes West Africa and the polar regions.

US-China Trade War Will Hurt Africa

Business Daily Africa published on 9 April 2018 a column titled "US-China Trade War Will Hurt Africa."

The column argued that as African countries juggle between limiting imports to improve the balance of trade and protect local industries or improving the cost of living through importation of finished products that come cheaper, both will be coming at a high cost in the global market. The autarkic escalation led by the US-China trade war spells the proverbial case of choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea for African countries.