In the upheaval of President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs, China is seeking common cause with jilted partners of the United States as it tries to extend its influence and take center stage in a new trade order — rebuilt without Washington.
In the upheaval of President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs, China is seeking common cause with jilted partners of the United States as it tries to extend its influence and take center stage in a new trade order — rebuilt without Washington.
Care to explain? I have a difficult time imagining Chinese military actions in Africa.
A river died
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.
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.
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.
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.