U.S. media says Brinken sees U.S. powerlessness in Africa, and China has always “followed me” | Blog post
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The Associated Press published a commentary on the 22nd, saying that when the US Secretary of State Blincoln visited Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal, traces of fierce competition between China and the United States were everywhere. In the past two decades, geopolitical power struggles have benefited China to a large extent, especially in Africa.
After taking the stage, Bibi put forward the slogan “America is back” (America is back), hoping to reconstruct the influence of the United States on the international stage. Africa is also one of its important agendas. From November 15 to 20, U.S. Secretary of State Blincol visited Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal.
Screenshot of Associated Press report.
However, the US media does not seem to be optimistic about this. On the 22nd, the Associated Press published a commentary titled “In Africa, Brinken Sees the Limitations of U.S. Overseas Influence”, which directly pointed out that although the Biden administration is helping African countries fight the epidemic and encouraging environmentally friendly policies The efforts in this regard seem to have made some initial progress, but from a broader perspective, it is not so encouraging.
The article said that during this visit, traces of fierce competition between China and the United States can be seen everywhere. Although Brinken tried his best to avoid mentioning China, China has always been “following”.
Brinken and Nigerian Foreign Minister Onyeama signed a development assistance plan.
In Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Brinken drove across the city. During his visit, he passed under the elevated project undertaken by Chinese companies many times.
In Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, when Brinken left the airport, the convoy passed the conspicuous headquarters building of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria.
Less than 10 days after Brinken left Africa, on the 29th, Dakar, the capital of Senegal, was about to host an important Sino-African trade and investment event. According to the Chinese government website, from November 29th to 30th, in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation will be held soon. The theme is “Deepening China-Africa Partnership, Promoting Sustainable Development, Building A China-Africa Community of Shared Future in the New Era.” The meeting will assess the implementation of the follow-up results of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the situation of China-Africa unity in the fight against the epidemic, and plan the development direction of China-Africa relations in the next three years and longer.
Therefore, the article claims that in the past two decades, the geopolitical power struggle has largely benefited China, especially in Africa.
The longest railway in East Africa undertaken by China Railway Construction: Kenya’s Neima Railway.
Previously, the Biden administration had also mentioned that Africa should return to the important position of US foreign policy. However, the article stated that in the first ten months after Biden took office, other priorities and emergencies, including emergency affairs in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America, occupied the energy of the Biden administration. In addition, the embarrassing withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan also made some “American friends” including Africa “doubt” and began to doubt the “flexibility” of relations with the United States.
What’s more serious is that the Trump administration is indifferent to Africa and only looks at Africa from the perspective of “the rapid expansion of China’s power.” The article stated that while the United States was busy with other parts of the world, it was China who seized the opportunity to fill the gap in American interest in Africa.
For this reason, Biden and Brinken hope to change this concept. On the 19th, the White House announced that Biden will hold a US-African Leaders Summit next year to “strengthen ties with African partners based on the principles of mutual respect, common interests and values.” But this statement lacks key details, such as who will Attendance, and when will it be held, etc.
In addition, during this trip to Africa, unlike Trump’s previous administration’s aggressive criticism of “Chinese influence,” Brinken seemed to have changed his strategy, spoke relatively cautiously, and made a lot of euphemisms. On the 19th, in the important speech of the Biden administration on Africa policy delivered by Brinken, there was no mention of China.
“Our contacts in Africa and Africa have nothing to do with China or any other third parties.” Brinken emphasized during his visit to Nigeria: “This is about Africa.”
“Our purpose is not to ask our partners to make a choice, but to give them a choice.” He said in Senegal, “When people have a choice, they usually make the right choice.”
Brinken, accompanied by the Foreign Minister of Senegal, attended the press conference.
In this regard, the Associated Press stated that Senegal’s Foreign Minister Aishata Thaler Sall agreed. “We have sovereign diplomacy, and we don’t exclude anyone,” she said. “There is more than one choice. We have many choices.”
But at the same time, as pointed out by Nigerian Foreign Minister Onyeama, Nigeria and other African countries hope to achieve the most cost-effective cooperation, which usually means China.
“We see huge opportunities from the Chinese.” When talking about several major infrastructure projects in Nigeria, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Onyeama said that on the one hand, Chinese companies are very familiar with large infrastructure projects, on the other hand. , Nepal is willing to cooperate with anyone who provides cost-effective products, and in many fields, the Chinese are such a person.
He said: “This is not a problem of one country or another country itself, it is actually a problem of the best agreement we can reach.”
The expert pointed out that what the Associated Press article does not mention is that when China is quietly working on diplomacy, American politicians are tearing up society in order to win elections at home, and they completely ignore the development of diplomatic relations in Africa. The current situation in which African countries draw close to China and alienate the United States is a normal result.
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