For the current American political and military public opinion circles, especially various private think tanks, the topic that is most concerned about every day is basically the competition between China and the United States. Public opinion must be created in areas where there is competition, and public opinion must be created in areas where there is no competition. Create some topics to hype up. For example, in the past two days, Americans have been hyping up the competition between China and the United States in Africa, saying that China has achieved great success in developing its influence in Africa and that its influence in Africa has surpassed that of the United States.
The American political and military magazine "National Interest" published an article in the past two days, specifically talking about the current geopolitical dilemma caused by the wrong strategic choices of the United States in the past two decades. The core theory in the article is that according to a survey of African people conducted by , an American think tank, , the United States' influence on Africa and the African people's favorability towards the United States have decreased significantly in the past few years. In the survey two years ago, African young people who had a positive attitude towards the United States accounted for 83% of the total survey, but now it has rapidly weakened to 72%; in contrast, the young people who have the most positive attitude towards China have rapidly declined. surpassing the United States and rising to a high level of 76%. From this, American experts concluded that China has replaced the United States and become the most influential country in African countries, especially among young people.
In the opinion of American experts, this is considered to be the great success of China’s foreign and economic policies in the past many years, and a major weakness in the great power competition faced by the United States; American experts regard this as the reason for the failure of this competition for influence. , it is attributed to the fact that in the past 20 years, the United States has distracted too much energy due to military operations in the Middle East, neglecting the development of the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and the rise of China's national power and influence, which should be its focus, and has never missed important opportunities; allowing China to take advantage of such strategic opportunities to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction, humanitarian assistance, economic and resource cooperation in Africa, and further expand its influence.
Americans seem to be paying attention to the wrong place. After all, anyone who is a little familiar with world political structure knows that the United States’ influence on Africa has always been very limited. The finance and economy of Africa have long been controlled by France in Paris. In the hands of the central bank, energy and economy are deeply connected with Europe, and it is the back garden of Europe. Americans are now hyping China's deepening influence in Africa, which means they are a little worried about others. We have to reasonably doubt that it is It wants to further bind other European countries, join the so-called great power competition in the United States, and engage in conflicts and confrontations on a wider scale.
But what we have to admit is that the more the United States uses Africa to engage in confrontation, the more it will lose favor and influence in the African region, because Africans really hate the United States, which only engages in destruction and confrontation, and does not care about real construction. We are tired of our style; we must admit that our influence in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in East Africa, is indeed constantly increasing. More and more East African countries choose to cooperate with us in economic construction. Conducting in-depth cooperation, choosing to purchase our equipment in military construction, mechanizing the army, etc. are all manifestations, but this is not what American experts say, investing too much energy in the Middle East and not paying attention to competing for influence in Africa. caused.
The key is that in the past 20 years, China is the only country that has actually invested in African economic construction, brought economic and social development to Africa, and greatly improved infrastructure. This is the country that can achieve huge influence in Africa. The premise is that no Western country has shown real sincerity in investing in this kind of friendship. Even if the United States has not fought a series of wars in the Middle East in the past 20 years, can it be willing to invest in the cause of African modernization? In the post-Cold War era, without the generous assistance provided by the two major camps in order to expand their influence, the entire sub-Saharan Africa region is in a state of continuous decline. Only the cooperation we provide has brought about certain changes, even if the United States goes Africa competes, what does that have to offer? It is nothing more than turmoil and turmoil, so turbulent that a government satisfactory to the United States comes to power.
What's the use? What it can bring to the United States is nothing more than another Afghanistan -style fiasco. The regime he supported was defeated in less than half a year, and the US military itself had to evacuate in a hurry. If we don't look at East Africa and look at what is going on in West Africa and Central Africa , it actually confirms our guess about what will happen if the United States enters the competition in Africa. More than ten years ago, the French army quickly controlled the situation in the entire Central and West Africa region through Operation Serval, but now Mali Central Africa and other traditional Western spheres of influence have turned to Wagner, who is endorsed by the Russian official background to take over these areas. The defense of the country, which is vital to French energy, requires the French troops to withdraw as soon as possible.
What is happening in countries such as Mali in Central Africa is nothing more than proof that the methods of using military intervention to provoke chaos and garrisoning troops to carry out overseas intervention and suppression to control the region in the past many years are no longer easy to use. The West no longer has that The West no longer has the ability to control the political situation even in its own backyard; the influence and control of the West in the vastest sub-Saharan Africa region is accelerating its decline, because Africans have really had enough of this kind of external force. We are in chaos and want peace and development.
Against this background, American experts have come out to call for more energy to be invested in Africa to compete with China for impression. It is not difficult to imagine what the results will be; if we sincerely help Africa In contrast to the economy, the traditional American method of creating chaos and seeking puppets to station troops has become increasingly difficult to achieve actual results. This gap in influence cannot be recovered.
