Dozens of African leaders have camedown on Beijing for a top that signals China’s impact in a continent that it hopes will be a secret ally in pressing back versus a U.S.-led worldwide order
ByThe Associated Press
September 4, 2024, 11: 32 PM
BEIJING — Dozens of African leaders collected Thursday in Beijing for a top that signals China’s impact in a continent that it hopes will be a secret ally in pressing back versus a U.S.-led international order.
Chinese President Xi Jinping guaranteed the leaders billions of dollars in loans and personal financialinvestment over the next 3 years and proposed that relations with all African nations that have diplomatic ties with China be raised to the “strategic” level.
“We have constantly comprehended and supported each other, setting an example for a brand-new type of global relations,” he stated at the opening event of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
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African leaders have invited China’s support however are pressing for a closer positioning of help with the continent’s advancement objectives. They are lookingfor to industrialize their economies and broaden farming ex