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Agreed that dictatorships/authoritarianism is not preferred option. But does the integration of China/BAT offer an opportunity for China to inject it’s near 10
by chriselles 8y ago
Agreed that dictatorships/authoritarianism is not preferred option.
But does the integration of China/BAT offer an opportunity for China to inject it’s near 100% ubiquity of its domestic platforms onto its trading partners via debt trap diplomacy?
Does the incredibly high level of Chinese government/commercial platform integration and ubiquity provide a competitive advantage with the bottom half of the planet over the US/FAANG?
Would the extension of China/BAT to developing world countries with less than stellar records of freedom and Nd human rights provide a platform for both growth and sustainment of power?
- NicoJuicy 8y agodebt trap diplomacy vs democracy is my guess why they will fail. Racism in China is extreme and as soon as the outsiders leave China for that reason, the cookie will crumble. Chinese only look out for themselves
- chriselles 8y agoHypothetical scenario. Rather than China seizing infrastructure collateral for debt trap loans instead China compels governments to push for ubiquity of a China/BAT superplatform, say "WeChat+" thru which all local government services and commerce will be conducted. Also concurrently providing outsourced support for local regime continuity due to persistent surveillance provide by a "WeChat+" platform integrated with local and Chinese government.
- NicoJuicy 8y agoOnly China / Russia / Korea can currently push platforms because of dictatorship and censorship. You are forgetting that the WTO was already asked by multiple countries for help. There are other options than China ;) The source of the money is partially already from Europe and America. China borrows a lot of money too. https://www.cgdev.org/blog/china-borrows-lot-money-world-bank-and-thats-okay https://www.cgdev.org/blog/china-borrows-lot-money-world-ban...