The Chinese development model offers Mediterranean Africa countries an alternative to what they perceive as a discredited and distrusted Washington Consensus. In terms of economic growth, China is the most striking non-Western success story, which makes its development model alluring in the Global South. A case illustrative of this process is that of Egypt and Algeria. Despite its ambiguities and flaws, Algeria and Egypt view the Beijing Consensus as a useful model to achieve the highest rates of growth while retaining sovereignty.