China’s Top Diplomat Visits Africa to Expand Geopolitical Influence, Experts Say

China and the United States are competing for Africa’s rich mineral resources and its potential as a consumer market, an analyst said.

A man walks past a train of the newly completed Abuja-Kaduna night railway line in Abuja, on July 21, 2016. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

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The Chinese communist regime’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is touring Africa as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to expand its influence on the continent and compete with the United States and Europe for key resources. His visit makes this the 35th consecutive year that a CCP foreign minister has undertaken a trip to Africa.