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I encourage you and people who share the same opinion as you to read alternative perspectives on the matter [1]. One should not be so quick to assume that Afric
by tepidandroid 7y ago
I encourage you and people who share the same opinion as you to read alternative perspectives on the matter [1]. One should not be so quick to assume that Africans don't know what they are doing and don't know what's best for themselves.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/opinion/china-belt-road-initiative.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/opinion/china-belt-road-i...
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoMany of these giant belt infrastructure projects have only been approved by what appears to be bribery of the public officials. In multiple countries there have already been issues with Chinese financed large projects that appear to be un-affordable to extreme degrees, like in Malaysia. It appears that to me based on what has already happened that they are at least frequently unsustainable, and what happens is the original local control over new ports etc very frequently falls into Chinese hands once the high costs become apparent. Too early to say about Africa, but just look at Malaysia.