Chinese Spying in Africa through Infrastructure Projects
By Keefa Nuwahereza
A new report shows
how Beijing is using infrastructure to expand its surveillance network on the
continent, making U.S. officials vulnerable.
China’s Expands Spy
Ambitions in Africa
In 2018, the African Union
accused China of infiltrating the computer network in its glitzy new
headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to steal sensitive data—a task made
easier by the fact that China itself built the headquarters. But it likely
didn’t stop there. In recent years, China has quietly embarked on government
building projects across Africa that add up to a counterintelligence nightmare
for the United States and its partners on the continent, according to new research from the Heritage Foundation.
China has constructed or
renovated nearly 200 govern...
