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China’s Strategic Aims in Africa

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Hearing on “China’s Strategic Aims in Africa”

Friday, May 8, 2020

Virtual via Webex

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Administration Statement for the Record
Christopher Maloney, Acting Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development [Testimony]

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Opening Remarks: Vice Chairman Bartholomew and Commissioner Borgeas

9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: Goals of China’s Africa Policy and Consequences of Beijing’s Influence

  • Amb. David Shinn, Adjunct Professor, George Washington University [Testimony]
  • Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of East Asia Program, Stimson Center [Testimony]
  • Steven Feldstein, Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment of International Peace [Testimony]

11:10AM – 11:20 AM: Break

11:20 AM – 12:50 PM: Panel II: China’s Evolving Economic Activity in Africa

  • Emily de La Bruyère, Principal, Horizon Advisory [Testimony]
  • Scott Morris, Director, US Development Policy Initiative, Co-Director, Sustainable Development Finance, and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development [Testimony]
  • Aubrey Hruby, Senior Fellow, Africa Center, Atlantic Council [Testimony]

12:50 PM – 1:35 PM: Lunch Break

1:35 PM – 3:05 PM: Panel III: China’s Military and Security Presence in Africa

  • Joshua Meservey, Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation [Testimony]
  • Paul Nantulya, Research Associate, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University [Testimony]
  • Judd Devermont, Director, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies [Testimony]

3:05 PM – 3:10 PM: Closing Remarks

3:10 PM: Adjourn

 

Transcript
May 8, 2020 Hearing Transcript10.51 MB

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