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Isn't that how capitalism works in any part of the world anyways? I hate to sound pro China but some stuff I read around is just hypocritical.

redis_mlc 6y ago
1) First of all, skip the whataboutism regarding the CCP. It makes you a useful idiot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot 2) Second, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is different than capitalism - it's communist colonialism. The CCP is using money from US capital markets to massively bribe foreign officials to sell out their countries, with projects that are not affordable and often not useful - called debt traps. In the case of Africa, China is also positioning armies in some of those countries. In countries with ports, it's having the host nation pay for future docking facilities for China's navy, which is the largest in the world by number of ships. In the case of Greece and some other European countries, it's buying the largest ports and then telling the government to vote China's way in the UN, or else. In the case of the Himalayan neighbors, it's providing financing while "leasing" vast areas of their countries, and encroaching on their head waters. All of the above has already happened. It's a form of global colonialism without firing a shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcBQ148KPsg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcBQ148KPsg The US' fear is that the BRI ports will be used to store container nuclear bombs, then one day the CCP will announce they have "mined" the world's largest ports. Mao: "Hide our strength, bide our time."
freebuju 6y ago
My point was about how business interests between China and Africa lead to situations that put African states in compromised positions. You simply cannot put your trust esp in networking equipment in the Chinese government. Business or not. It's a terrible recipe for disaster as the AU discovered.

redis_mlc 6y ago

1) First of all, skip the whataboutism regarding the CCP. It makes you a useful idiot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot 2) Second, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is different than capitalism - it's communist colonialism. The CCP is using money from US capital markets to massively bribe foreign officials to sell out their countries, with projects that are not affordable and often not useful - called debt traps. In the case of Africa, China is also positioning armies in some of those countries. In countries with ports, it's having the host nation pay for future docking facilities for China's navy, which is the largest in the world by number of ships. In the case of Greece and some other European countries, it's buying the largest ports and then telling the government to vote China's way in the UN, or else. In the case of the Himalayan neighbors, it's providing financing while "leasing" vast areas of their countries, and encroaching on their head waters. All of the above has already happened. It's a form of global colonialism without firing a shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcBQ148KPsg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcBQ148KPsg The US' fear is that the BRI ports will be used to store container nuclear bombs, then one day the CCP will announce they have "mined" the world's largest ports. Mao: "Hide our strength, bide our time."

freebuju 6y ago

My point was about how business interests between China and Africa lead to situations that put African states in compromised positions. You simply cannot put your trust esp in networking equipment in the Chinese government. Business or not. It's a terrible recipe for disaster as the AU discovered.