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Africa, China
Beijing turns the UN into its new lever of influence

China is taking advantage of US disaffection with multilateralism to increase its participation in UN forces deployed in Africa. [...]

Published on 19/09/2018 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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China's "infiltration" of Africa's military high commands is less visible than the expansion of its activities in the construction industry but is no less real. It is causing great concern, moreover, to the French government, which is seeing one of its traditional channels of influence on the continent coming under increasing threat.

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