The debate on the consequences of Chinese investment in Africa for the EU, which took place on 24 June at the Bruegel Institute, highlighted a Chinese strategy and investment that is very different from that of Europeans. For Beijing, which has begun an exercise to review its economic model, Africa has the strengths to compensate for its weaknesses. It has also invested more than the EU in bridging the digital divide.
According to Solange Chatelard, a research associate at the ULB, Beijing...