China’s Role in Africa

Lecture by Dr. Maria Repnikova, Assistant Professor of Communication, GSU. Director of the Center for Global Information Studies. Expert in Chinese and Russian politics.

The COVID-19 crisis has put a massive strain on what was growing a positive economic and
political relationship between China and the continent of Africa. As Chinese President Xi
Jinping’s centerpiece “Belt and Road initiative” continues to expand Chinese power, the
response to the spread of Covid-19, as well as the African government’s growing debt to China,
has seen pushback. What are some of the growing economic and political issues between China
and Africa?