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US-China Competition in Africa

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China's Propaganda in Africa

Josh Eisenman is associate professor of politics at the Kio School of Global Affairs in Notre Dame. He says China has been engaged in this propaganda outreach in Africa in ways that are distinct. "China's official media outlets work very closely with its embassies to spread Communist Party propaganda and then suppress or discredit any negative reports" The evidence of this is effect is mixed right Beijing has done a lot to cultivate dozens if not scores of influential African interlocutors across the media space however as you pointed out attitudes towards China tend to be falling.

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