What China and Africa's Partnership Means For the World

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🗓️ 1 February 2022

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The world's eyes will once again fall on China at the end of the week when the country hosts the 2022 Winter Olympics.

But China itself will be keeping at least some of its attention a continent away – in Africa.

In 2020 alone, China invested $4.2 billion into the continent – that's double what the United States spent.

Some say it's providing much-needed infrastructure help. Others think it's just colonialism by another name.

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0:00.0	I'm wondering if y'all can go into a little bit more about how this process works.
0:12.5	What happens when China comes knocking on their debt stage?
0:16.7	By the end of this week, the world's eyes will be on China.
0:20.1	The country is hosting this year's Winter Olympics, all about battling allegations of human
0:24.3	rights violations.
0:26.1	This China takes its place on the global stage Friday, at least one region has an ongoing
0:30.8	investment in the superpowers continuing success.
0:34.0	Africa.
0:35.0	According to the China Africa Research Initiative, China invested $4.2 billion in the continent
0:40.8	in 2020, double what the US spent their same year.
0:44.8	And the project's China is funding our far-reaching, from 5G cell service, to a railway that will
0:50.2	connect the continent.
0:51.9	How did this relationship begin and what does it mean for both their futures?
0:55.9	We get into all of that and more after the break.
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