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Cobus van Staden – China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: Lessons for Central Asia

CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge

Speaker: Cobus van Staden, Senior Researcher on China-Africa relations, South African Institute of International Affairs. Before the Belt and Road Initiative became the heart of Chinese foreign engagement, China was already active in Africa. The lessons it learned in building railways, ports, and diplomatic networks on the continent helped to shape Beijing’s global rollout of […]