I want to hear you reasons, why do you think that.

  • theneverfox
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    16 hours ago

    I mean… They’re not exactly hiding it. The expressed purpose of belts and roads is to invest in their infrastructure and partner with them to build industrial capacity. Conveyer belts and roads. They openly state they’re doing it to build up trading partners and global influence

    It’s literally the same thing… Will they be better partners? Hopefully, it’s not exactly a high bar

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      16 hours ago

      It’s not at all the same thing, and I suggest you read the linked texts. Building infrastructure and trading deals is not the same as Imperialism, where brutal loans entrap countries and industrial capital is exported to produce with lower wages for super profits domestically. I already explained that China is heavily industrialized and seeks to sell what it produces.