China’s interests in Africa: “Everything is weaponized”

Recently, China’s new foreign minister Qin Gang finished his first official visit overseas in Africa. In this episode of the Nordic Africa podcast, we try to map China’s interests in Africa and we turn the perspectives on China’s massive investments upside down; if everything is Belt and Road Initiative doesn’t that really mean that nothing is Belt and Road Inititiative? Tune in and listen to three researchers with an expertise in these questions; Fantu Cheru, Liisa Laakso and John Åberg.