China’s top diplomat heads to Africa as West’s attention dwindles By Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly advance Beijing’s already sizeable influence across the resource-rich continent as Europe’s presence wanes and America’s wavers. While global capitals and investors brace for the return of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to the White House, and wars…