Since Xi Jinping’s accession to power in 2012, nearly every aspect of China’s relations with Africa has grown dramatically. Beijing has increased the share of resources it devotes to African countries, expanding military cooperation, technological investment, and educational and cultural programs as well as extending its political influence.
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With an eye on Ukraine, PLA adjusts training;
China deepens its stake in Saudi Arabia;
Hong Kong tests extraterritoriality of national security law;
Beijing promises more assistance to the Solomons
China sold drones to Russia for use in Ukraine;
Beijing slaps export ban on rare Earth metals;
New security law takes aim at Washington's tech offensive;
China's updated counter-espionage law prompts travel warning;
"Spy balloon" drama persists in Washington
China's millionaire exodus;
China records fewest marriages in more than three decades;
China is recruiting Canadians online;
China and Pakistan sign $4.8 billion nuclear power deal;
U.S. files charges against Chinese fentanyl makers
With NATO’s latest gathering this week in Vilnius, Washington is understandably focused on what the United States and its allies should do next to help Ukraine rebuff Russia. Moscow’s invasion, however, is part of a larger, multi-nation challenge to which Washington has not yet developed a comprehensive response.
That challenge is the axis of deepening diplomatic, military, and economic cooperation between China, Russia, and Iran. Washington is responding to individual provocations in ways that seem to contradict one another.