> It's neocolonialism when the interest of American companies are backed by the full force of the American government at the expense of the desires of the local

> It's neocolonialism when the interest of American companies are backed by the full force of the American government at the expense of the desires of the local people. I don't mean to defend the US, but if you replacing "American" with "China" in that statement is basically the Chinese policy in a nutshell.