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China and the World: Africa as China’s Policy Test Bed, with Eric Olander and Aleksandra Gadzala
State of Asia
English - April 16, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBNews Commentary News Politics china asia asia society switzerland geopolitics policy leaders japan india pakistan Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
China has responded to the call for investments in Africa like no other country. Since the end of the 1990s, China’s increasing financial and economic engagement in Africa has led to critical debates whether China can offer a good alternative to Western aid and charity. Its relationships with African countries has also become ever more political.
Your host: Nico Luchsinger, Co-Executive Director, Asia Society Switzerland
Moderator: Aleksandra Gadzala, Head of Research at The Singularity Group
Speaker: Eric Olander, Co-founder of the China Africa Project (CAP)
Production: Denise Staubli, Program Officer, Asia Society Switzerland
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