Beijing Touts Malaria Victory in African ‘Discourse Power’ Push (Arran Hope – The Jamestown Foundation)

Beijing cannot and will not replace the United States’s former role in overseas aid, but it will seize opportunities to portray itself as playing a leading role where doing so aligns with its own programmatic interests. The PRC views international aid differently to the West, and tends to concentrate funds strategically, such as in countries rich in natural resources. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) eradicated malaria domestically in 2021, something that it is now highlighting in international media in an effort to enhance its “discourse power” and frame itself as a model for “Global South” countries.

Beijing Touts Malaria Victory in African ‘Discourse Power’ Push – Jamestown