Well we've heard this story for years about Africa, that the evil PRC is scheming and building the railroads there and handing out loans as a part of some evil

Well we've heard this story for years about Africa, that the evil PRC is scheming and building the railroads there and handing out loans as a part of some evil "coercive effort"[1] to get poor Africa under its thumb. It could be true, what do I know? It's a great question why they do it and what happens next. But so far I really fail to see the "evil" part of it materialize. https://www.state.gov/assessing-u-s-efforts-to-counter-chinas-coercive-belt-and-road-diplomacy/ https://www.state.gov/assessing-u-s-efforts-to-counter-china...