If I'm President Xi Jinping I do a tour of African capitals.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

All he has to tell them is they matter and are worthy of dignity and respect.

[democratisphere]

1. Yep! It is just that simple.

"We" on the other hand are worse than leaderless.

[Hortensis]

3. Yes, it's always been that simple for us.

54 African nations, or is it 57?, were in our pocket before this.

This is, of course, a great boon for China. Or curse. China has huge problems at home, so its investments in Africa really need to pay off for China--called exploitation and greatly resented when western nations take home more in profits than we invest.

There's already strife between Chinese brought in to work and nativist factions. Of course, hard-core conservatives, no matter where they come from, regard others with suspicion and even hostility, and typically feel entitled to abuse those they see as inferiors, so further constant problems of that sort are guaranteed. History will tell.

[Irish_Dem]

2. China has been investing huge amounts of money in Africa.

And has a military presence there as well.
They want to corner the market on African raw materials
and expand their political power.