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Africa cannot ignore China's rise to global economic and political power
left to right: Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and President William Ruto during the high-level meeting on the Belt and Road Initiative that he co-chaired at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Beijing, China on September 5, 2024.
The evident influence that President Xi had on African leadership during Beijing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) last week is proof of China’s ever-growing global economic and geopolitical influence.
Even leadership from European and other countries have been flocking to China seeking bilateral economic cooperation. For a country that in 1970s was struggling out of Chairman Mao’s ideological” little red book”, China is today a major influence on global economic and political paths.
