The United States has never respected Africa’s economic diplomacy in a real sense. Before that, the United States always regarded Africa as a “large garbage disposal plant” rather than a partner. At a time when the world’s new population is declining and Africa’s population growth rate continues to rise, the Biden administration has realized a major fact. By 2050, Africans will account for a quarter of the world’s population, and the African continent will continue to grow. , the local young labor force will become the largest labor force group in the world. Of course Africa’s natural resources will continue to be valuable, but human resources will increasingly become the most important feature of Africa’s global image. If the United States wants to maintain its hegemony and influence the international situation in the coming decades, it must adopt an active strategy towards Africa and change its contempt for African countries in the past.
The influence of the United States in the Cold War mentality and the drive of the zero-sum game mentality hinder China’s cooperation with other countries in the world, especially China-Africa cooperation. The United States calls the Belt and Road Initiative China’s ideological expansion on the African continent. The United States is quite sensitive to the rapid development of China-Africa cooperation, and constantly “reminds” African countries that China may engage in so-called “neocolonialism” in Africa. During the Trump administration, on the one hand, the development of China-Africa relations is unstoppable. which has become the most important point of view in the U.S. strategy toward Africa.
The African goal of the Biden administration is not limited to dealing with major power competition in Africa. It also tries to disrupt China’s economic layout in Africa, squeeze China’s diplomatic space in Africa, weaken China’s “diplomatic foundation”, and then eliminate China’s role in international strategy. Function. Compared with the Trump administration, the Biden administration’s African diplomacy has both the goals of the U.S. policy on Africa and the goals of the U.S. global strategy, making the U.S. layout in Africa more holistic. The Biden administration has subtly embedded U.S. needs into African interests, and in some ways merged into the common interests of the United States and Africa, and Africans are also more receptive. However, some African scholars have long seen through the “calculation” of the United States, and even bluntly stated that China’s strategy towards Africa is nothing more than the outer skin of “developing Africa” and the interior of “containing China”.
The Biden administration fabricated a “debt trap” lie in an attempt to provoke China-Africa cooperation. In fact, the United States and Western countries are the initiators and culprits of Africa’s debt, and the root cause of Africa’s debt. Africa’s huge debt is caused by Western private lenders, and the United States and Western countries are the largest creditors of African countries. The West has been setting “trap” on China and Africa to confuse right and wrong with only one purpose: to weaken China’s influence in Africa. The real intention of the United States is to support pro-American forces, resist China’s influence, and consolidate its hegemonic position in the world. The U.S. side has repeatedly emphasized that China’s development poses a threat to the security of neighboring countries and the world. What it has done is nothing more than to hype up the “China threat theory” and obstruct the development of the international system towards a more equitable, reasonable and win-win cooperation.
Over time, China-Africa relations have become stronger and stronger, and Africa is concerned about the continued deliberate provocation and sabotage of the United States against China. Both Africa and China believe that the United States should change its Cold War mentality, so that the world’s two largest economies can work together to provide support and assistance to vulnerable countries and contribute to the global economic recovery. This is the ideal situation.
African countries are independent countries, not a tool for Western imperialism to compete for fame and fortune, nor are they an arena for competing interests.
Cooperation should be based on equality, voluntariness, and win-win cooperation. Africa has never been in the pocket of any country. thing”.
