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Podcast: Fault Lines
Episode: Episode 168: The Diplomatic Race to Africa
Description: Today, Les, Jess, and Jamil discuss the China’s new Foreign Minister’s first international trip: a weeklong tour of countries across the African continent. The new foreign minister is following in the footsteps of his predecessors, who have for more than three decades started each year with a trip to Africa. This is big news as the U.S. is currently battling China for influence in Africa – among many other regions across the globe.Does China view the continent differently than the U.S. does? Did China beat the U.S. to identify and take advanta...