China’s Africa strategy seems to be paying off, at least in terms of deliverables and considerations around its basing activities. For more than 30 years, every subsequent Chinese foreign minister ensured that the first official foreign visit undertaken would be Africa. In 2024 too, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, first visited Egypt, Tunisia, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire. Notably, these are all coastline African nations.
