China’s mischief in Africa

Gadhafi’s turn to China in his hour of desperation is somewhat surprising. After all, he reacted to China’s growing activities in Africa—which his officials maintained was “reminiscent of imperialism”—by receiving an official visit in 2006 from Taiwan’s then president Chen Shui-bian. As pressure from the rebels grew, Gadhafi’s last hope for maintaining power became China, and so fear of its influence in Africa was brushed off.

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