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China is building 75 solar parks in Cuba, and the island’s power crisis is becoming an infrastructure experiment (www.vozpopuli.com)
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[+] -6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

This is part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. It's to put other countries in debt and make them owe China. It's disguised as investments.

There's also a lot of problems with quality and human rights violations.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    And the US loans through the IMF are any different? Like Boohoo at least china is actively building infrastructure that's benefits these countries instead of just straight up extracting natural resources.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    They are different yes. Also its laughable to suggest its not extracting natural resources over half the shit they're building is purely for extraction and the other half is for transporting it back to china.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago*

    Yes, they are. For one thing it is possible to renegotiate the loan if it turns out they can't pay it. Loans are only given with oversight and implementation of economic and political reforms. the terms are clear before the money is given. Unfortunately, they are often very difficult changes and are effectively impacting sovereignty in that the reforms are toward a western economic model.

    The Chinese approach is different, and usually ends up being a debt trap. Also, they are extracting natural resources, and failing to take responsibility for their failures.

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