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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 May 2019
China's foreign policy toward Africa has been of major concern to the great powers ever since the time that China embarked on an active policy in the African continent. By its action, China presented a direct challenge to Soviet leadership in the Third World, and at the same time put an end to the seclusion the United States had tried to impose on the Communist regime.
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24 Ibid., p. 3; Comte, p. 20.
25 For the principles which guide China's foreign aid program, see Larkin, pp. 103-105.
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30 Prybyla, p. 1143; Bruce D. Larkin, “China and Africa: A Prospective on the 1970's,” Africa Today, XVIII, 3 (July, 1971), p. 4.
31 Africa Confidential, XIII, 17 (August 25, 1972), p. 4; Peking Review, No. 50 (December 15, 1972), p. 21.
32 Africa Confidential, XIV, 3 (February 2, 1973), p. 8.
33 The Washington Post, 16 January 1973.
