Xi pledged that he stands ready to work with leaders of African countries to build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future. Since the launching of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation . China’s multilateralism in Africa has long history. One needs to recall the Afro-Asian solidarity of the 1950s-1960s, particularly the Bandung Conference in which China’s role was significant. However, AU-China relations in the early years are probably best explained by Beijing’s support for liberation processes in the African continent. Will this bring conflict of interest between the US and China ?
