My comments in @SCMPNews on China's involvement in the construction of the @AfricaCDC headquarters in #AddisAbaba. "[...] not only African governments but also regional organisations choose their partners very pragmatically" @PW_UniFreiburg scmp.com/news/china/dip…
Tim Zajontz, research fellow at the Centre for International and Comparative Politics at @StellenboschUni in South Africa, said the Covid-19 pandemic had made public health another central domain for China to project its soft power.
"It came as no surprise that the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at last year's gathering in Dakar pledged to further step up cooperation in the health sector," Zajontz said. He said the CDC headquarters was yet another example of Beijing's targeted support to the AU.
"[It] also shows that not only African governments but also regional organisations choose their partners very pragmatically," said Zajontz, who is also a lecturer in international relations at the @UniFreiburg, Germany.
"The geopolitical competition between China and actors like the US and the European Union, which have for a long time funded African regional organisations, has long reached the supranational level."
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