Media Review March 01, 2025

Indian media’s views on China’s cooperation with Africa show strategic short-sightedness

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• 01 Mar, 2025

According to Indian media reports, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said at the Japan-India-Africa Business Forum that "Unlike extractive models of engagement, India believes in capacity-building, skill development, and technology transfer, ensuring that African countries not only benefit from investments but also develop self-sustaining growth ecosystems." Several Indian media outlets have interpreted that the "extractive models" refers to "China's activities in African countries," once again hyping up the false "Chinese debt trap" theory. Global Times.