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How COVID-19 will change China and Africa's economic relationship

Children wearing face masks stand listening to their friends outside their shelters, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Liberte 6 Baraka district of Dakar, Senegal May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC2GGG93NMAL

Low-income countries are ill prepared for the coronavirus pandemic. Image: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Lauren Johnston
Research Associate, SOAS China Institute
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