Thomas-Greenfield delivered a lecture at a [[Confucius Institute]] in [[Savannah, Georgia]] in 2019 where she voiced favorable opinions on the [[CCP]] involvement in Africa.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-un-ambassador-spoke-at-ccp-funded-group/</ref> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Thomas-Greenfield “touted Beijing’s [[Belt and Road Initiative]] and noted China’s vast expansion into all aspects of African economic and even cultural life. She criticized the Trump administration for treating Africa as a battleground for great power competition. She said the United States and China are not in a cold war and the notion that U.S.-China competition could be good for Africa is false. Thomas-Greenfield also seemed to excuse Beijing’s debt-trap diplomacy in Africa."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/speech-for-savannah-state-on-china-u-s-africa-relationships/89b3cecb-6ecc-41d2-b091-0e863725d07e/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4</ref> | Thomas-Greenfield delivered a lecture at a [[Confucius Institute]] in [[Savannah, Georgia]] in 2019 where she voiced favorable opinions on the [[CCP]] involvement in Africa.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-un-ambassador-spoke-at-ccp-funded-group/</ref> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Thomas-Greenfield “touted Beijing’s [[Belt and Road Initiative]] and noted China’s vast expansion into all aspects of African economic and even cultural life. She criticized the Trump administration for treating Africa as a battleground for great power competition. She said the United States and China are not in a cold war and the notion that U.S.-China competition could be good for Africa is false. Thomas-Greenfield also seemed to excuse Beijing’s debt-trap diplomacy in Africa."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/speech-for-savannah-state-on-china-u-s-africa-relationships/89b3cecb-6ecc-41d2-b091-0e863725d07e/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4</ref> |