This week saw a massive gathering of African leaders in China for the threeyearly Forum on ChinaAfrica Cooperation, with leaders from more than 50 African nations heading to Beijing for the threeday event.

President Xi announced more than US$50 billion in support over the next three years, which might usually lead Western media to push the “debt trap diplomacy” myth, but guess what?

CNN appears to have received the memo to stop using that fake news trope, for now. With the majority of African nations confirming “Chinese debt trap diplomacy” is just another Western coping mechanism, Western media can no longer afford to support such outright lies.

Today, I’ll take a closer look. This is Reports on China, I’m Andy Boreham in Shanghai. Let's get reporting.

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