China Uses Summit to Try to Turn African Nations Against US

However, many African leaders don’t want to weaken ties as they benefit greatly from links to the West.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses a press conference as his counterparts look on during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing on Sept. 5, 2024. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

JOHANNESBURG—China’s leader Xi Jinping has upped the ante in his efforts to enlist the Global South in his anti-West “New World Order.”

Xi is promising almost $51 billion in financing to African countries over the next three years, and pledging to put them at the forefront of a global “renewable energy revolution.”