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What proof do you have that China is all about sovereignty and border disputes? Why are they in Africa and selling advanced surveillance technology to countrie
by throw51319 6y ago
What proof do you have that China is all about sovereignty and border disputes?
Why are they in Africa and selling advanced surveillance technology to countries?
- FooBarWidget 6y agoThey are in Africa to do business. I don’t know whether your claim of them selling surveillance technology is true, but even if it is, what does that have to do with your implied assertion that China is war mongering? Many people point to the Sri Lanka port as an example of debt diplomacy. But what they fail to mention is that Sri Lanka is the ONLY example, that Sri Lanka is happy with the outcome, and that China recently cancelled debt payments for many African countries.
- throw51319 6y agoNo I don't think they're war mongering, because a war is exactly what they don't want. What they want is to leverage the power of a (well-run) hybrid command/market economy, huge population (larger talent pool), and power of being unsuspecting #2 and slowly absorb all the other countries and economies. The US does this too, but at least we also want to spread democracy, so the people have a say. If they can achieve the above, they will take control of the world.
- FooBarWidget 6y agoWhat does 'absorb' mean? They want to be influential, that I agree with, but that's not really unique about China. As for US spreading democracy, you should read up on how they overthrew Iran's democracy and replaced it with a dictatorship that suits the US interests better.