Cultural invasion or cultural exchange?

"China is using the Confucius Institutes in Africa for 'cultural invasion'," this is the story consistently rolled out by a section of the Western media. Though in reality the Confucius Institutes play a key role in cultural exchanges and mutual learning, yet are often attacked, even labeled "spy agencies" by certain Western countries led by the United States. However, none of the allegations have been proven.

Speaking of cultural invasion, the U.S., leveraging its global leadership in soft power, discourse and advanced information technology, has often imposed its version of "democracy" and "human rights," etc. on other nations regardless of their actual conditions. By doing so, Washington intends to support the pro-U.S. forces and the so-called defenders of democracy and freedom, shaping the political and economic policies of these countries to ultimately advance its own national interests.

Since the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was established in 2000, the China-Africa relationship has entered the fast lane of development. However, certain countries have been going to great lengths to damage China-Africa relations. Zimbabwe's media reported that the U.S. government is hiring private media journalists by proxy to discredit the Chinese companies and influence public opinion in Zimbabwe, promising to pay $1,000 for every fake story.

As China-Africa relations deepen, media cooperation between the two has expanded, greatly boosting the friendship, people-to-people exchanges, mutual trust and understanding between China and Africa. Media of both sides continue working to promote people-to-people exchanges, safeguard fairness and justice and advance global development.

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