China’s government is offering more university scholarships to African students than the leading western governments combined, in a sign of Beijing’s use of “soft power” alongside economic investment.
The annual Global Education Monitoring Report produced by Unesco showed China was set to offer 12,000 scholarships to African students in the coming academic year, largely to support study at Chinese universities.
South Africa and Russia are also providing thousands of scholarships to African students, according to data collected before the coronavirus pandemic struck, while India and Turkey are offering growing numbers.
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