China to give LDCs including 33 African countries zero-tariff treatment - Friends of Socialist China
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President Xi Jinping announced at the opening ceremony of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit in Beijing on Wednesday that China would unilaterally give all least developing countries (LDCs) zero-tariff market access for all products, making China the first major economy to take such a step. This move is part of a wide-ranging action … Continue reading China to give LDCs including 33 African countries zero-tariff treatment
  • Vampire [any]
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    10 days ago

    I am more ambivalent about China than most Hexbears (I am rational: the "absolutely everything China does is absolutely perfect" line is ridiculous), but this one policy makes me go wow

    This is the best development in a long time. Wonderful leadership.

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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      10 days ago

      I'm not sure there are many of us that think they are perfect. It's just that when you compare them to the west they might as well be.

      • Vampire [any]
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        10 days ago

        kinda off-topic for the thread, but I have seen people here defend the CPC's least defensible moves

  • rayne [she/her]
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    10 days ago

    Libs on reddit lemmy the last few days have been shitting on this

    • peeonyou [he/him]
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      10 days ago

      i'm curious, what bullshit are they saying? not sure how you can look at this and see it as a bad thing

      • novibe@lemmy.ml
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        9 days ago

        “See China is imperialistic! This is the same as the IMF financial-colonialism.”

        I’m just guessing tho

      • rayne [she/her]
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        9 days ago

        It looks like the Western propaganda machine is accusing China of creating a debt trap. This thread was about the south African president saying it's not a trap but a good deal. Here's some comments.

        https://lemm.ee/post/41546351/14590872

        So this is a comment seeing this as good news. 10 upvotes, 13 down.

        After several hundred years of Western investment which only creates slums and brothels, props up violent dictators and which leaves behind a big hole in the ground where the countries resources have been stripped, I would suggest that investment that builds railways, ports and other infrastructure, creates jobs and new markets, is like a breath of fresh air .

        Response with 17 upvotes and 2 down.

        Because there are no slums or brothels in China, big holes in the ground, and they have never propped up violent dictators.

        13 up, 3 down

        Remind me: How old is China? No poor people in Tibet or Yunnan? Burma is doing wonderfully too, I hear.

        And a top comment from the thread 38 up 10 down

        Person benefiting financially from deal says bad deal is good deal.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    10 days ago

    I forsee Port Moresby suddenly gaining a large Aus owned container port they won't profit very much from.