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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

In recent years, we’ve read much about China building influence in Africa. The motives have not always been high; the means have often been blunt. 

But Howard LaFranchi’s story today helps me see the situation a little differently. Despite its faults, China is for the most part solidly, dependably there for Africa. That matters.

Democratic nations can make fickle friends, blown about by politics. To persuade the world of their essential advantages, democracies will need to show that their core values include not just justice and liberty, but also steadfastness.


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A Chinese migrant seeking work as a cook stands at an employment agency in Monterey Park, California. She came to the U.S. six months ago and has had several jobs – but now needs a new one.

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A member of Royal British Legion Industries clears away sand from sand artwork on Stone Bay beach in Broadstairs, England, May 22. The artwork is part of ongoing events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, which happened June 6, 1944.
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Thank you for joining us today. We have an additional story for you about the federal student aid fiasco in the United States and what it has been like for students. You can read it here. 

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