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Japan and China Race for African Oil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Hisane Masaki
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The increasingly fierce competition between Japan and China over energy and political influence is spilling over into Africa.

Following in the footsteps of Beijing, Tokyo has recently begun to turn to the continent as a new source of oil. Meanwhile, the leaders of the two Asian neighbors have recently made whirlwind tours of Africa.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 8 , August 2006 , e18
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