Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

China's 'mask diplomacy' wins influence across Africa, during and after the pandemic

  • Written by Dinko Hanaan Dinko, Ph.D. Student, University of Denver
China's 'mask diplomacy' wins influence across Africa, during and after the pandemicZimbabwe leaders welcome Chinese COVID-19 experts at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 11, 2020.Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images

Being Chinese in Africa was the worst possible stigma for much of 2020.

Africans vilified the Chinese, blaming them for the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, China was blaming Africans for...

Read more: China's 'mask diplomacy' wins influence across Africa, during and after the pandemic

More Articles ...

  1. Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to 'remain in Mexico' – but for 41,247 migrants, it's too late
  2. How 18 million Americans could move into rural areas – without leaving home
  3. Pollen can raise your risk of COVID-19 – and the season is getting longer thanks to climate change
  4. How a 'feminist' foreign policy would change the world
  5. How urban planning and housing policy helped create 'food apartheid' in US cities
  6. Traffic is down on American highways during the pandemic, but vehicle deaths are up – here’s how to stay safe on the road
  7. COVID-19 survivor's guilt a growing issue as reality of loss settles in
  8. 3 medical innovations fueled by COVID-19 that will outlast the pandemic
  9. A global semiconductor shortage highlights a troubling trend: A small and shrinking number of the world's computer chips are made in the US
  10. Biased AI can be bad for your health – here's how to promote algorithmic fairness
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more