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Compared to Western nations that often stigmatize and restrict collaboration with African and Middle Eastern governments, the Chinese government has appeared willing to proactively engage in both economic and cultural exchange.
"China itself is not very far from having been in the same condition of poverty," said W. Gyude Moore, former Liberian official and senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. "Our situations might look strange to Europeans, but the Chinese are far more familiar with the context."
