China upgrades African arms trade

China has moved beyond supplying African nations with basic weapons such as rifles and trucks to providing more sophisticated military equipment, including integrated air-defense systems, attack drones and electronic warfare technology, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. “Chinese manufacturers offer a broad package,” Liselotte Odgaard, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told the publication, “including training, maintenance, financing and increasingly sophisticated technologies.” Bible prophecy foretells a vast international trade network, with China playing a central role. China’s growing trade ties with Africa are one indication that this network is taking shape. Ultimately, it will be used to exclude America and some of its allies from world trade. Read our Trends article “Why the Trumpet Watches the Development of a Massive Anti-American Trade Bloc” to understand where this is heading.