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The next big destination many people have with respect to internet penetration is Africa. And CCP is ahead of west in capturing African market by working best w
by mayama 5y ago
The next big destination many people have with respect to internet penetration is Africa. And CCP is ahead of west in capturing African market by working best with dictators and being competitive. For example they sold their telecom towers very cheap, and they work best with only chinese phones. With this cycle, china owns major share of African mobile business in just a few years. It would be easier to to get their IP in there.
- FpUser 5y ago>"And CCP is ahead of west in capturing African market by working best with dictators and being competitive" I guess the West should improve their track record on "working best with dictators".
- bingbong70 5y agoDictators aside, the Chinese are considered fairer trading partners than most (possibly all) western countries. ~1000 years of African history makes this point very clear.
- linksnapzz 5y agoCertain lessons need to be re-learned the hard way.
- bingbong70 5y agoIs there any infrastructure value added by western trade that rivals Chinese investments? My understanding is there isn't and western countries have had a lot longer to prove the opposite. The relationship is mostly extractive (not in a benevolent sense) where western countries are concerned. What's the Chinese-in-Africa equivalent of the CIA/MI6 wanting shiny rocks and orchestrating a genocide to secure them?