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If I think "why would China go to Africa instead of poor areas of China?" my first thought is "what they're doing in Africa doesn't help Africa".
by imustbeevil 8y ago
If I think "why would China go to Africa instead of poor areas of China?" my first thought is "what they're doing in Africa doesn't help Africa".
- crimsonalucard 8y agoEh. Who knows. More economic activity usually helps. It's how the people react to it, it's very behavioral. I'll say that for asians usually if they do the same thing in Asia it has positive consequences.
- onlyrealcuzzo 8y agoHonestly, it's probably because this port has a higher projected ROI than some poor area of China.
- barry-cotter 8y agoYou radically overestimate the competence of the Chinese government. The BRI is a white elephant, a foreign policy initiative with Xi’s imprimatur. It’s more important to be doing BRI things than that they make money.
- TomMarius 8y agoYour first thought has no explanation in it. Maybe they simply have a growing middle class and thus soon their economic activities in the west (that we gladly consume) would become hindered by their own growth, so they're looking for their equivalent of what China was to the west in the 90's and 00's and their own regions are not viable for that, just like manufacturing in rural USA didn't work for the west. If that's wrong, how can you live with yourself? Or is it wrong simply because this time it's China doing it? Isn't that hypocritical? Edit: I would appreciete if people stopped downvoting for asking a question. That's not how you discuss.
- pcr0 8y agoTo gain access to natural resources outside China.
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