The China in Africa Podcast

The China-Global South Project

Twice-weekly discussion about China's engagement across Africa and the Global South hosted by journalist Eric Olander and Asia-Africa scholar Cobus van Staden in Johannesburg.

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The China in Africa Podcast

Episodes (300)

Today China's Expanding Military Engagement Across Africa
Fri Feb 6th U.S. Pushes New Critical Minerals Bloc to Counter China
Jan 27th Africa and the New World Order: U.S. Pulls Back and China Moves Forward

The China in Africa Podcast

Feb 13, 2026
56 minutes
45 MB

China is rapidly expanding its military engagement with African countries through a combination of joint exercises, growing arms sales, officer training programs, and deeper security cooperation under its Global Security Initiative. This widening footprint is generating unease in the United States, where policymakers and analysts are particularly worried about unsubstantiated claims that the PLA is seeking to build a base somewhere along Africa's Atlantic coast. Paul Nantulya, a research associate at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, and Paa Kwesi Wolseley Prah, a post-doctoral fellow at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, join Eric...

The China in Africa Podcast

China's Expanding Military Engagement Across Africa

The China-Global South Project

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