Chinese ‘Linguistic Coup’ in East Africa

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As part of its goal to displace American influence, China is winning linguistic hearts in East Africa (a bloc of 300 million people), by publishing the Xi Jinping Thought propaganda book in the local Swahili language. Millions of Swahili speakers in East and Central Africa are sampling China’s ruler’s thoughts in their native language. Xi’s […] The post Chinese ‘Linguistic Coup’ in East Africa appeared first on Language Magazine.


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