内容摘要：A rescuer consoles a man who lost his home following Tuesday’s landslides at Chooralmala, Wayanad district, Kerala state, India, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A rescuer consoles a man who lost his home following Tuesday’s landslides at Chooralmala, Wayanad district, Kerala state, India, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

, saying there are “no political strings attached” to its investment. But China has pressured African governments to shun Taiwan or Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, efforts that Neema says appear to be escalating. Last October,for visiting Taiwan.

Moves like these mirror efforts China has made against governments elsewhere in the past., for example, after the northern European country allowed Taiwan to open a trade office.But experts say the pressure against the IPAC members is unusual. Lina Benabdallah, a professor at Wake Forest University who studies China’s relations with Africa, said she has never heard of China using direct coercion against African parliamentarians before.

“This is very new to me,” Benabdallah said.Zimbabwe lawmaker and IPAC member Daniel Molokele said he expects to see more

from Beijing, especially as the Trump administration pulls back from Africa.

“I expect China to benefit,” Molokele said. “It will definitely use this opportunity to grow its influence in Africa.”After treatment, “I realized I was going to live, and then I said to myself, ‘Do I want to continue doing this?’” Perkins said.

She now caps her work as owner of Riverdale Avenue Books at about 50 hours per week, and as a result can’t review as many manuscripts. Instead of sending rejection letters, she tells authors to come back in three to six months when it’s less hectic.She practices saying “no” in her head and in her journal, where she also chronicles what happened after she said it. She’s gained time to visit museums, friends and the theater.

“No changed my life,” Perkins said. “I am a different person than I was before I really learned to embrace no.”Have you overcome an obstacle or made a profound change in your work? Send your questions and story ideas to