Mozambique: Mozambicans Welcome Foreign Influence, Though China and U.S. Lose Ground

Few citizens are aware of Japanese assistance to Mozambique.

Key findings

• More than half (54%) of Mozambicans say China’s economic activities have “some” or “a lot” of influence on their country’s economy.
• Mozambicans are more welcoming than critical in their perceptions of the economic and political influence of China, the United States, Japan, and the EU, with China and the United States garnering the most positive assessments (55% and 47%, respectively). o But favourable views of U.S. and…