Wang Yi has finished his nearly one-week Africa trip. The Chinese Foreign Minister visited Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire. As usual, officials have not commented on why these countries were on the agenda. However, there are some clues why the focus was now on Francophone West Africa and the continent’s Mediterranean coast after Wang’s ousted predecessor Qin Gang’s visits to Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin and Egypt last year.