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> Africa is also not "a problem." I am not even sure I know what that means. That's probably because you've not been there. I could write a whole piece on the

by finid 10y ago

> Africa is also not "a problem." I am not even sure I know what that means. That's probably because you've not been there. I could write a whole piece on the complexity of the place, but that's too much work for me right now. But consider the problem faced by citizens of a country called Nigeria. That's one of the top oil-producing countries in the world. Yet as I write this, most have no electricity and the price of refined crude products does not make sense. It's a lot worse, but chew on that. > The Chinese aren't bribing anyone Really! So the Chinese showed up one day and started building roads and bridges and exporting any natural resources they can lay their paws on without negotiating any contract with officials there. It's during that "negotiating" that stuff happens.

bogomipz 10y ago
Where do you get off making a statement like that? In fact I have been there. Not only have I been there but I have spent a significant amount of time there. I know Rwanda very well, additionally I've spent much time in neighboring DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, Burundi and the Sudan. Please provide evidence of Chinese bribery then? Where is your citation? If they were bribing officials they wouldn't be building infrastructure, they would simply exchange cash for natural resources and that is not what's happening. The Chinese have laborers, boots on the ground working 14 hour days, undertaking large scale infrastructure projects.