In a statement, Access Now says it was “told that diplomats from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on the Government of Zambia because Taiwanese civil society participants were planning to join us in person.”

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    Trump gutting USAID alone isn’t the reason China has so much influence in Africa. The truth is that the West have been exploiting Africa in some way for centuries, and given how much we’ve propped up dictators and bankrupted entire nations, it’s no wonder they’d rather trust China.