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Asia-based media & communications executive. Co-host of the weekly China in Africa podcast that explores every facet of the PRC's engagement on the continent.

Shanghai
chinaafricaproject.com/about
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    Eric Olander 欧瑞克‏ @eolander 13 Dec 2018

    The new U.S. policy for strategy is called "Prosper #Africa" but it seems much more focused on challenging #China & #Russia then anything to do with improving Africa's prosperity: http://bit.ly/2SJVcP5 pic.twitter.com/3objPalueB

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      2. Tom Fowdy‏ @Tom_Fowdy 13 Dec 2018
        Replying to @eolander

        Which is precisely why it won’t work.

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      3. Eric Olander 欧瑞克‏ @eolander 13 Dec 2018
        Replying to @Tom_Fowdy

        Exactly. I think the US was facing a tough time rebuilding credibility in the region after all of Trump's insulting antics towards Africa & I don't think this new effort will do much to persuade a lot of people that Washington's motives in Africa are aligned with their interests.

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      4. Kin F. Kam 金建輝‏ @DrKinKam 14 Dec 2018
        Replying to @eolander @Tom_Fowdy

        Did Obama made any meaningful material impact on the well being of African nations?

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      5. Eric Olander 欧瑞克‏ @eolander 14 Dec 2018
        Replying to @DrKinKam @Tom_Fowdy

        Not at all. Obama's Africa policy was largely weak, not creative and largely just a continuation of the status quo U.S. foreign policy in Africa. He did not spend much time thinking about this part of the world.

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      2. Anzetse Were‏ @Anzetse 13 Dec 2018
        Replying to @eolander

        Yup exactly. There are good elements to the strategy but the administration's obsession with China came through strongly. It feels like Africa is just a pawn in a broader anti-China strategy.

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      1. Bernard Yegiora‏ @BYegiora 13 Dec 2018
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        Australia & US trying to do the same in the Pacific.

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      2. African Lives Matter‏ @afrilivesmatter 14 Dec 2018
        Replying to @eolander

        What happened to #AmericaFirst ? No thinking African should ever trust anything coming from the land of imperialists. Their only gift is slavery for us freedom for themselves using brute force via their African proxy slave armies & puppet leaders.

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      3. Wisen‏ @globallychinese 15 Dec 2018
        Replying to @afrilivesmatter @eolander

        It's always been America First but Trump sings it out loud to its supporters. The Asia Pivot now Africa Pivot, the sounding of it, already an insult to the targeted nations & bring back memory of the past imperialism & the debt slavery some even call it drug disguised as aids😂

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      1.  😈Red Demon 😈‏ @WooyaUtopia 14 Dec 2018
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        Again!! To contest Beijing&Moscow in Africa is a highly cost tasking to hold Africans corrupting, they dont really mind whether or not their nation obliged unrepayable debts. Anyway it’s a work of strategies.

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      1. Jay Anthony‏ @JayAnth90379762 14 Dec 2018
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        Forget about this policy,this is about looting Africa again .

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      1. wechat‏ @wechat42790461 14 Dec 2018
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        Indeed

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      1. Chinedu Golden‏ @NeduGolden 14 Dec 2018
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        Fact

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      1. Hylevel(高水平)‏ @hylevel900 14 Dec 2018
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        You can see through 👍

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      1. Liangliang Wang‏ @liangliangwang 14 Dec 2018
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        America doesn’t know what she want for and from Africa. American can’t live without enemies.

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