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China has surpassed the United States as a trading partner and left its mark throughout Africa, Mr. Obama essentially made the argument that Washington offers a better, more empowering for Africas future. Whether he has succeeded in this mission remains to be seen. But at all of his stops, he laid out the case that Africa should be wary of Chinas appetite for oil for its own use and instead embrace an American relationship that seeks to foster economic growth, democracy, health care, and electrification. The United States isnt the only country that sees your growth as an , and that is a good thing, Mr. Obama told African leaders in a speech here in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, before returning to Washington. He urged Africans to do business with everyone. But economic relationships cant simply be about building countries infrastructure with foreign or extracting Africas natural resources, he said. Real economic partnerships have to be a good deal for Africa. They have to create jobs and capacity for Africans. That, he added, is the kind of partnership America offers. But the depth of the challenge was all around Mr. Obama. He was delivering that message at the gleaming headquarters of the African Union, built with Chinese money. Outside the building, a jumbo screen bore the name of Xinhua, the Chinese state news . Throughout Africa are highways, railroads and airports that have been or will be upgraded by China. Indeed, Chinas news media mocked Mr. Obamas , casting it as a weak effort in a contest he was losing. Obamas high-profile has one more purpose, which is offsetting Chinas growing influence in this continent and recovering past U.S. leverage, said a column in Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper. His diplomatic rhetoric, it added, cant conceal the notion that the U.S. is nervous about its rise, taking China as a rival in Africa. China has far outpaced the United States in economic interaction with Africa since Mr. Obama took office. While trade between the United States and Africa rose from $33 billion in 2002 to a high of $142 billion in 2008, it has since declined to $73 billion |
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