The west is desperate to paint it that way, but what justification is there for calling this colonialism? "Debt-trap diplomacy" was the line before, but that didn't hold up to scrutiny, especially when China outright forgave several African countries' debts.
The west is desperate to paint it that way, but what justification is there for calling this colonialism? "Debt-trap diplomacy" was the line before, but that didn't hold up to scrutiny, especially when China outright forgave several African countries' debts.
So what's the line now?