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China in Africa: should the West be worried?
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May 26, 2022
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12:45Now PlayingIn the past 20 years, China has built ever closer bonds with African nations. It has spent billions transforming infrastructure across the continent, and extending its influence into politics and society. It even placed its only overseas military base there. How worried should the West be?
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