{"id":151855,"date":"2026-05-23T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151855"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:00:05","slug":"as-france-tries-to-reset-relations-with-africa-chinas-influence-looms-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151855","title":{"rendered":"As France tries to reset relations with Africa, China\u2019s influence looms large"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFrance has committed \u20ac23 billion (US$26.7 billion) to Africa\u2019s private sector in a bid to counter Chinese dominance and rebuild its influence on the continent.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi earlier this month, President Emmanuel Macron pitched the investment as a \u201cjolt\u201d to reset relations, positioning Europe as a partner for Africa\u2019s \u201cstrategic autonomy\u201d as the geopolitical race with Beijing heats up.<br \/>\nThe move marks a major shift as Paris tries to win over anglophone countries&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3354608\/france-tries-reset-relations-africa-chinas-influence-looms-large?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFrance has committed \u20ac23 billion (US$26.7 billion) to Africa\u2019s private sector in a bid to counter Chinese dominance and rebuild its influence on the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151855"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}