• Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    damn, its gonna be really shitty for you when you hear about all the awful shit chinese industry is doing in africa

    Could you explain in more detail what that is?

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        I'm not even sure they're doing that either though to be fair, that seems to be the thing. The worst I've had is that they own 2 ports outside their borders... Both of which aren't debt traps and they constructed them themselves. It's obviously soft power projection but it's hard to feel bad about it? Nobody is getting a bad end of any deal.

        • bamboo68 [none/use name,any]
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          4 years ago

          High risk loans, not even debt traps, and the credit available with the least strings attached, its like a chinese marshall plan where its set to benefit china (although this may be more true in central asia)

          • Awoo [she/her]
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            4 years ago

            That doesn't reflect what Yanis' experiences with dealing with them were when Greece was desperate and he was re-negotiating existing deals with the Chinese. They seem incredibly reasonable.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBgbYQ5QAM0

            • bamboo68 [none/use name,any]
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              4 years ago

              i think you may have misunderstood my comment

              it aligns pretty closely with what im saying, loaning to greece is a high risk loan though lol

              i think the marshall plan was good for western europe (yes obviously it worked to benefit the US too, but like China here the biggest benefit is elevating potential future allies/sphere of influence shit)