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Why Africa is the pawn in China’s and West contest

Foreign leaders and their spouses attending the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

The raging debate over China’s debt to Africa can be looked at by flipping the coin on the other side; must Africa be helped?

It now seems to be a contest on who has helped Africa most, using the most appropriate method. We are avoiding the question as to who has succeeded the most in making Africa self-dependent.

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