A study I helped carry out put the statement “If a war breaks out in Taiwan, it would be the United States’ fault” to thousands of people in four African countries. One way to explain this is that, in many parts of Africa, there’s growing anti-American and anti-Western sentiment. Many African countries are transitioning from analogue to digital TV – as we did 20 years ago – and the Chinese have secured many of those tenders. It means its company StarTimes, privately owned, operates the infrastructure through which most African countries get their TV. The China Index, a civil society project studying China’s growing global grip, including over media, identified 76 countries where outlets deliver Chinese state-funded content – including 14 in Africa.