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>forced Tajikistan to cede territory Tajikstan ceded ~1300 sqkm to PRC a decade ago to settle border ratification deal from 2000s in which PRC ceded 28000 sqkm
by dirtyid 3y ago
>forced Tajikistan to cede territory
Tajikstan ceded ~1300 sqkm to PRC a decade ago to settle border ratification deal from 2000s in which PRC ceded 28000 sqkm to Tajikstan. Some retarded western propaganda tried to tie this to a few billions of Tajik debt to PRC when the dispute settlement was made 10+ years before BRI was a thing.
>It's called debt-trap diplomacy
It's called Indian propaganda co-opted by west. Just like the Tajikstan claims. Poster child being Hambantota port which was India being butthurt after getting first dibs from Sri Lanka to develop port, but couldn't. Sri Lanka went to PRC after Canadian feasibility study, but the port was poorly run, hence selling 85% stake/99yr lease to China Merchant Ports in exchange for USD to service Sri Lanka's western debts that more qualifies as debt trap (~80% of foreign debt vs PRC ~10%), and seeing massive improvement in management and profitability.