wtf I love imperialism with human face nao
China is anti-imperiali-
Kayden Ross
Mason Diaz
I never said it was ok, just that it was much more of a choice than say, french imperialism, plenty of countries on good terms with China have not just indebted themselves en masse
Connor Phillips
So does china.
en.wikipedia.org
Just because china came a century and a half late to the imperialism party doesnt mean they arent doing exactly the same france does.
Plenty of african countries have increasing chinese investment. And just like the railway in this article, investment and debt, mostly likely agreed to by paid off government officials, lead to leasing of things like ports to china for military use, exclusive future rights to resources for china or chinese companies, trade deals, etc.
Connor Taylor
There are stories of Chinese mine bosses being killed by the African natives for not paying enough/good work conditions. I have also read that western owned mines in Africa apparently offer better pay and worker conditions than the Chinese.
Could the chinese entering africa result in some sort of corporate cold war where west and east fight each other and the africans benefit by going with the one who makes the better offers and better working conditions?
Christopher Phillips
I admire your nuclear grade optimism but I think that with all corporate proxywars, it will end up looking like the middle east instead of a market utopia.
Easton King
which is the main problem, granted China should not talk or work with such corrupt officials but it still happens, which the biggest negative here
Kinda? I mean a big problem is a lack of formalization of how these companies are supposed to act in the countries they invest in.
But the primary problem in China is a lack of self-confidence in their past, which is now in a struggle with liberal tendencies in China (represented by born-rich children of officials, consumerism, US media etc.)
Thomas Sullivan
Liam James
Honestly I'm far from a PRC apologist but it seems to me that Chinese dominance in Africa over Euro-American imperialism is vastly preferable. The kind of development and investment that China has been doing is way different than what we've seen from the US or Europe. There is actual industrialization, expansions of education, healthcare and transportation. Under western imperialism it was just stagnant and only extraction of resources.
Evan Flores
you can't make someone corrupt, I mean the person either stashes the cash of tells you to fuck off
Jackson Richardson
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