China Surpasses US in Eyes of Young Africans, Survey Shows
- China provides affordable goods, invests in infrastructure
- Survey covers 18-to-24-year-olds on world’s youngest continent
A Chinese flag in front of the Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, China.
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China has overtaken the US as the foreign power seen as having the biggest positive influence in Africa by young people, according to a survey released on Monday.
A survey conducted by the Ichikowitz Family Foundation found that 76% of 4,507 young Africans across 15 countries named China as a foreign power with a positive influence on their lives, compared with 72% for the US. In 2020, when the inaugural study of 18-to-24-year-olds was conducted, 83% of respondents saw the US’s influence as positive while the figure for China was 79%.