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.
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.
kinda off-topic for the thread, but I have seen people here defend the CPC’s least defensible moves
I still can’t forgive them for not doing anything to Nancy Pelosi’s plane.
that they have not invaded the US and installed me, personally, as the leader of a transitional authority is probably their greatest crime.
Yeah, the Khmer Rouge and invading Vietnam, those were really fucking stupid moves ngl.
Since nobody said it: But at what cost?!
Western hegemony I hope
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Libs on
redditlemmy the last few days have been shitting on thisi’m curious, what bullshit are they saying? not sure how you can look at this and see it as a bad thing
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.
“See China is imperialistic! This is the same as the IMF financial-colonialism.”
I’m just guessing tho
I forsee Port Moresby suddenly gaining a large Aus owned container port they won’t profit very much from.
