{"id":2375043,"date":"2024-12-01T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-make-historic-africa-visit-to-counter-chinese-influence-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:53:50","slug":"biden-to-make-historic-africa-visit-to-counter-chinese-influence-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-make-historic-africa-visit-to-counter-chinese-influence-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to make historic Africa visit to counter Chinese influence &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-make-historic-africa-visit-to-counter-chinese-influence-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2375043&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden is set to embark on\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-building-new-sub-base-for-nuclear-attack-sub-fleet\/\" title=\"Australia Building New Sub Base for Nuclear Attack Sub Fleet\">significant visit<\/a>\u200b to Angola, making him the first sitting U.S. president to travel to Africa since Barack Obama&#8217;s trip to Kenya and Ethiopia\u2064 in 2015. The visit, slated for Monday through Wednesday, is aimed at bolstering support for\u200d Angola amidst \u2064increasing \u200dChinese\u200c influence in the region. During his stay, Biden\u2064 will hold discussions with\u200b Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o in the capital, Luanda, addressing topics such \u2062as the country&#8217;s cultural heritage, health security,\u2063 and agribusiness. The Biden \u2062administration highlighted its\u2062 commitment to Africa, claiming\u2062 that 80%\u200d of the $55 billion pledged in 2022 has already been realized, emphasizing progress\u200d in connectivity and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">renewable energy<\/a> projects<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden to make historic Africa visit to counter Chinese influence in region<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1525895\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3180857\/biden-scraps-trip-germany-africa-due-hurricane-milton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"travel to Angola\">travel to Angola<\/a> on Sunday night in what the White House says is to show support for the African nation amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3142910\/china-red-carpet-african-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chinese influence\">Chinese influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The trip, scheduled for Monday through Wednesday, will mark the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited Africa since former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Barack-Obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a> visited Kenya and Ethiopia in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3230175\/democrats-search-answers-barack-obama-influence-wanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR ANSWERS AS BARACK OBAMA&rsquo;S INFLUENCE WANES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden is set to meet with Angolan President Jo&atilde;o Louren&ccedil;o in the capital of Luanda; he previously met Louren&ccedil;o in December 2023 in the White House, the administration said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. president is also slated to speak about the African <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-does-not-show-israeli-settlers-trying-to-tear-palestinian-child-apart\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Does Not Show Israeli Settlers Trying To Tear Palestinian Child Apart\">country&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s cultural heritage, health security, and agribusiness. The administration said 80% of its $55 billion pledge to Africa in 2022 was accomplished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3106551\/biden-administration-rulemaking-blitzes-aim-trump-proof-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RULEMAKING BLITZES AIM TO TRUMP-PROOF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;More people are getting connected to 3G and now building out 5G networks, as well as building out renewable energy,&rdquo; a senior administration official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2024\/12\/01\/background-press-call-on-the-presidents-travel-to-angola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>, declining to be named. &ldquo;In fact, the U.S. has approved financing through Ex-Im Bank of nearly $2.5 billion of renewable energy projects that will be able to take countries from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-why-the-best-diets-are-boring\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s Why the Best Diets Are Boring\">energy deficit<\/a> to energy exporters to their neighbors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden meets with Angola&rsquo;s President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco in the Oval office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trip comes a few months after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged more than $50 billion to prop up Africa over the next three years, saying his country&rsquo;s relationship with the continent was &ldquo;at its best in history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The senior U.S. administration official acknowledged China&rsquo;s influence in the region but countered that African nations are welcoming of help from anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The one thing leaders in Africa do not want is for folks to say they&rsquo;re under &mdash; they have the Chinese investment; they have Chinese influence, and therefore, nobody else in the world should go to Africa,&rdquo; the official said. &ldquo;That is the opposite of what everybody in Africa wants.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1525895\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1525895\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden to visit Angola to counter Chinese influence in Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2375044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Biden-to-visit-Africa.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45961,3620,45962,3817,36408],"class_list":["post-2375043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-africa-visit","tag-biden","tag-chinese-influence","tag-diplomacy","tag-us-foreign-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Biden-to-visit-Africa.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375043"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375047,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375043\/revisions\/2375047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}