After Trump tariffs, China offers ‘trauma bonding’ with U.S. partners
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I don't think China has any interest in putting a boot on the neck of the world.
Africa would like a word.
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Africa would like a word.
Care to explain? I have a difficult time imagining Chinese military actions in Africa.
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Care to explain? I have a difficult time imagining Chinese military actions in Africa.
Never said military actions. China has been trying to establish economic hegemony in Africa for a while via giant loans for infrastructure projects that the nations in question could never possibly repay. Of course, the terms of the loan establish that if the nation defaults, China immediately gains control over all assets built with the money.
https://www.bu.edu/gdp/2023/09/18/a-new-state-of-lending-chinese-loans-to-africa/ This has some fun charts about the phenomenon.
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How do i explain this to my kids and grand kids. What a mess
Explain it in Chinese, so they're prepared for the future
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And we, Canada, should be bonding with China, the EU and many others.
Yes. But carefully. And with eyes wide open.
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Care to explain? I have a difficult time imagining Chinese military actions in Africa.
Just one example of their bad acting. No worse really than the western world has done, but certainly no better
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Explain it in Chinese, so they're prepared for the future
Firefly entered the chat.
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Never said military actions. China has been trying to establish economic hegemony in Africa for a while via giant loans for infrastructure projects that the nations in question could never possibly repay. Of course, the terms of the loan establish that if the nation defaults, China immediately gains control over all assets built with the money.
https://www.bu.edu/gdp/2023/09/18/a-new-state-of-lending-chinese-loans-to-africa/ This has some fun charts about the phenomenon.
Economic coercion requires the threat of military force. When I hear the phrase "boot on the neck" I'm imagining a soldier's boot.
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Just one example of their bad acting. No worse really than the western world has done, but certainly no better
Yeah that is terrible. It does seem like a common occurrence though when it comes to industrial mining, no matter who runs the operation.
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Africa would like a word.
And Sri Lanka
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Economic coercion requires the threat of military force. When I hear the phrase "boot on the neck" I'm imagining a soldier's boot.
Oh shit, I forgot that China doesn't have a military.
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I don't think China has any interest in putting a boot on the neck of the world.
Ignorance is bliss, innit
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How do i explain this to my kids and grand kids. What a mess
I cut all the hard parts of that out and had my nuts snipped
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It was always a given that China would eventually dethrone US as a global super power. I never expected US to basically hand it over to them.
It will go down as the most unforced error in history
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Yeah that is terrible. It does seem like a common occurrence though when it comes to industrial mining, no matter who runs the operation.
Which was the whole point of the thread: it doesn't matter by which power you get exploited, China doesn't give a fuck about other countries either and they'll happily fuck up other countries' environments.
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Oh shit, I forgot that China doesn't have a military.
Maybe you forgot that they don't send it all over the world, unlike certain other countries.
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Ignorance is bliss, innit
I'm basing my view on current and historical facts. Yours seems to be a more vibes-based analysis.
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Which was the whole point of the thread: it doesn't matter by which power you get exploited, China doesn't give a fuck about other countries either and they'll happily fuck up other countries' environments.
I don't think that this is point of the thread. China isn't looking to replace the US as the global hegemon. Australian mining companies also create ecological disasters abroad, but nobody confuses this with Aussie world domination.
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I'm basing my view on current and historical facts. Yours seems to be a more vibes-based analysis.
I’m basing mine on their treatment of Hong Kong
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I’m basing mine on their treatment of Hong Kong
Should have let the Brits keep it, I guess?
