When African policy makers scan the globe in search of inspiration on how to structure their economies, that search often leads to Beijing. Not surprisingly, African leaders look at what China has done over the past 30 years where it went from being a poor, isolated agrarian country to a modern urban economy that is now the world’s second largest.Separately, many despotic
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02/25/2021 08:41 AM EST
Hi, China Watchers! Please join me in welcoming your guest host for this week, Melissa Chan, a correspondent formerly based in China and now in Germany, from where she reports on transnational issues, often involving China’s influence beyond its borders from Berlin to Quito to the Amazon jungle. Over to you, Melissa.