Why Taking Over Africa Is a Key Part of Beijing’s Silent War Against America

China’s influence over the lives of Africa’s 1.5 billion people is now so broad it includes food production, resource mining, and military leadership schools.

(Illustration by The Epoch Times, AP, China Central Television (CCTV) and China Global Television Network (CGTN)/Reuters)

JOHANNESBURG—China’s influence in and over the lives of Africa’s 1.5 billion people is now so broad that it extends into almost all aspects of African societies.

The communist regime’s footprint is stamped across the continent in almost all economic sectors, including agriculture, natural resources, and trade and logistics. Chinese companies are deeply invested in manufacturing, services, and real estate.