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You can level a whole block when your troops are attacked and "win". If China does that, it goes from "that not-fantastic-country that produces cheap iPhones"
by Iv 7y ago
You can level a whole block when your troops are attacked and "win".
If China does that, it goes from "that not-fantastic-country that produces cheap iPhones" to "this-is-where-blood-diamonds-come-from".
The way it will act can have a direct and profund impact on its exports and GDP.
- ivalm 7y agoI dont think it would have that bad of consequences. Look at what Saudis are doing, they literally are leveling blocks and no one really does anything about it.
- Iv 7y agoQuit the contrary, I just answered to that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20687962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20687962 Kashoggi's murder basically killed a 500 billion dollar project.
- ivalm 7y agoKind off, note this was a prestige project, financial loss of it is probably minimal (now the money will be put in broad market)...
- Iv 7y agoThe goal was to compete with Dubai and create a new trade hub on a well chosen place. It had a thousand ways to fail, but it did mostly because of Kashogi's murder.