Over the past two decades, China has built large infrastructure projects in almost every country in Africa, making Western powers uncomfortable amid wider co...
My conspiracy brain says that this is a standard parcel of western journalism: quietly put out a retraction so when they're called out in the future they can go "Actually we admitted that we were wrong so we never lied :)"
Like with the "Chinese ghost town/Potemkin village" story. Years ago western media did a blitz on it and put the idea on the public consciousness, then in the past couple years they issues stories about how the ghost cities are full now that did not got as much traction as the original ghost town stories
My conspiracy brain says that this is a standard parcel of western journalism: quietly put out a retraction so when they're called out in the future they can go "Actually we admitted that we were wrong so we never lied :)"
Like with the "Chinese ghost town/Potemkin village" story. Years ago western media did a blitz on it and put the idea on the public consciousness, then in the past couple years they issues stories about how the ghost cities are full now that did not got as much traction as the original ghost town stories