china did a cool thing, but it is challenging my smug sense of superiority, so i'm going to suggest it's actually a bad thing

the real cost is probably the US empire's influence

And then you click on the article and they don't even say how much it cost! "China invests in Cambodia/Ethiopia, but at what cost?" both have numerical answers, but suddenly when I read the article they no longer care about the cost!

Abt 400 bucks total (Xi keeps asking me for money and telling me he’ll pay me back later smh)