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One of these is an authoritarian imperialist empire, the other is China (lemmy.ml)
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[–] -5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

These are soft power projection projects. You would recognize them as such if it were the US doing it (which we used to before Trump decided it was woke), so why do you stick to the Chinese state narrative here?

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago

    Those 2 things are not mutually exclusive. In fact, genuinely helping poor countries develop is a pretty good way to gain soft power.

    No one here, and I do mean no one, is saying that China isn't gaining anything from doing that. But that doesn't mean it's bad for the other party or hides some nefarious secret purpose either. Diplomacy isn't a zero sum gain where if China gain from a deal therefore the other party has to lose to compensate, that's not how international relations work.

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