China flexes its media muscle in Africa – encouraging positive headlines as part of a soft power agenda
- Written by Mitchell Gallagher, Ph.D Candidate in Political Science, Wayne State University
An African journalist films President Xi Jinping delivering an opening ceremony speech for the China-Africa forum in Beijing in September 2024.AP Photo/Andy WongEvery year, China’s minister of foreign affairs embarks on what has now become a customary odyssey across Africa. The tradition began in the late 1980s and sees Beijing’s top...