▲ 251 ▼ One of these is an authoritarian imperialist empire, the other is China (lemmy.ml) submitted 10 months ago by jankforlife@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 129 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Zexks@lemmy.world -8 points 9 months ago (1 child) https://africacenter.org/spotlight/china-port-development-africa/ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3335506/skin-game-china-pivots-operating-african-railways-ports-funding-shift https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/harbors-of-power-how-chinas-african-ports-are-shaping-indias-ocean-strategy/ https://www.extremarationews.com/post/china-s-expanding-military-footprint-presence-and-strategy-in-the-red-sea-mediterranean-and-north https://www.enr.com/articles/60580-china-port-construction-in-africa-raises-concern-about-military-use https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Ek6HZ5nD4&t=670 https://newsletter.boundlessdiscovery.com/p/ports-of-power-china-s-expanding-grip-on-africa-s-trade-gateways The only thing clear is if yoy do business with them they will take control of whatever it is they build. And acti g like they wont use it for military means when needed is a childs mentality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago meanwhile in the real world https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/is-china-doing-colonialism-in-africa permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Zexks@lemmy.world -8 points 9 months ago (1 child) https://africacenter.org/spotlight/china-port-development-africa/ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3335506/skin-game-china-pivots-operating-african-railways-ports-funding-shift https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/harbors-of-power-how-chinas-african-ports-are-shaping-indias-ocean-strategy/ https://www.extremarationews.com/post/china-s-expanding-military-footprint-presence-and-strategy-in-the-red-sea-mediterranean-and-north https://www.enr.com/articles/60580-china-port-construction-in-africa-raises-concern-about-military-use https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Ek6HZ5nD4&t=670 https://newsletter.boundlessdiscovery.com/p/ports-of-power-china-s-expanding-grip-on-africa-s-trade-gateways The only thing clear is if yoy do business with them they will take control of whatever it is they build. And acti g like they wont use it for military means when needed is a childs mentality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago meanwhile in the real world https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/is-china-doing-colonialism-in-africa permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago meanwhile in the real world https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/is-china-doing-colonialism-in-africa permalink fedilink source parent