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Beijing ramps up arms supplies to the African continent
China is expanding supplies of more advanced types of weapons to Africa – air defence systems, strike drones and electronic warfare assets – supplementing its traditional exports of small arms, armored vehicles, trucks and artillery, and overtaking Western countries, in particular France, in military supplies. This was reported by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing researchers surveyed and information on the appearance of Chinese equipment in African countries.
