yes, but in 1986, the USSR was on the decline with the famed pizza hut fanboy gorby. and China was, while growing fast, nowhere near where it needed to be to provide an alternative to foreign capital investments from the capitalist-imperialist west. today the PRC is able to (and regularly does) invest in underdeveloped countries. and China provides hospitals, schools, and civilian infrastructure in addition to industry. even if the leaders of these West African countries weren’t communists, selling out to the west is less economically viable. plus, the people have more experience fighting neocolonialism than 40 years ago
yes, but in 1986, the USSR was on the decline with the famed pizza hut fanboy gorby. and China was, while growing fast, nowhere near where it needed to be to provide an alternative to foreign capital investments from the capitalist-imperialist west. today the PRC is able to (and regularly does) invest in underdeveloped countries. and China provides hospitals, schools, and civilian infrastructure in addition to industry. even if the leaders of these West African countries weren’t communists, selling out to the west is less economically viable. plus, the people have more experience fighting neocolonialism than 40 years ago