China's Digital Infrastructure Leverage
China extends its influence from owning physical infrastructure to controlling the software, automation and AI that operate it, building durable leverage over trade and data flows across the developing world.
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A study finds Beijing controls not only stakes in about a third of Africa's ports but increasingly the automation and AI systems that operate them.
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Supporting · July 4, 2026
China's Grip on African Ports Now Extends to the Software That Runs Them
A study finds Beijing controls not only stakes in about a third of Africa's ports but increasingly the automation and AI systems that operate them.
South China Morning Post
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