No South Africa visa for Dalai Lama : China's growing influence in Africa

The Dalai Lama, who was to attend the 14th world summit of Nobel peace lauretes, was last week refused a visa by South African authorities a third time in five years. This small measure of Chinese influnce in the African continent reflects its growing confidence in its cross-regional policy.

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Main Author: Char, James
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103063
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24310
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The Dalai Lama, who was to attend the 14th world summit of Nobel peace lauretes, was last week refused a visa by South African authorities a third time in five years. This small measure of Chinese influnce in the African continent reflects its growing confidence in its cross-regional policy.