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Sino–African relations West’s paternalistic attitude undermines independent thinking

Since before the 15th BRICS summit, most analysts in the international and national hegemonic media presented a possible expansion of the group as being in the majority interest of China.

The reality is that yes, China was one of the countries most interested in the expansion of the bloc, which does not mean that it was the only one, nor that the group’s growth will represent majority benefits for the Asian country.

With the incorporation of Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Iran, a large part of the media, in the corridors and in the analysis articles of the summit concluded that the results were a victory for China.

In general, whether consciously or not following the US’s strategy of discrediting or attacking the Chinese government or the Communist Party of China, these analyses suffer, as usual, from Manichaeism and a

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