China is branching out, but in a different way than in the past…
During colonial times, European powers exploited Africa for the vast resources that it possesses. But what China is doing today is actually much worse. Yes, the Chinese greatly desire African resources, but ultimately what they want is Africa itself. But instead of conquering Africa using military force, China is using economics instead. Today, more than 10,000 Chinese-owned firms are operating in Africa, and virtually every major road, bridge, railway and skyscraper is being built by the Chinese.
Full article, HERE from ZeroHedge.
The TL:DR is they are going to ‘own’ Africa when the inevitable defaults happen… And by then there will be millions of Chinese, including PLA already there in their separate enclaves and Africa will once again be a slave state/continent…
‘Free money’ is never free. There are always strings, and the Chinese are master puppeteers…
The Chinese have done this same thing elsewhere. It’s their M. O. And it works.
I read a history of the Congo a couple of years ago, and the last chapter or two delved into the enmeshment that troubled country already had with China. It’s not healthy, and sadly, that seems to be par for the course with Congo. I’m not at all surprised that it’s reaching far beyond one country.
People, China is well on it’s way to totally controlling the South China Sea. The Spratly and Paracel island groups are virtual provinces of Communist China. The countries that laid claim to them, Phillipines, Vietnam, and more, are dismissed, overwhelmed, and completely dominated by China, physically, economically, AND, be VERY AWARE, ELECTRONICALLY!. Sandland, being all the ‘Stans, are now backstage theatres, nasty, but by what China is now doing and achieving, merely a diversion to what China has successfully done. China, virtually OWNS, Controls 95% of the South China Sea.People, the tide is running out, the door is swinging shut.
China plays the long game and they play it better than most. Provide money and jobs, military advisors and all it costs are those things 3rd world countries don’t use any way.
No human rights or environmental strings attached.
We had those policies in the 1950’s and early 60’s.
Colonialism and population displacement in Africa worked so well in Rhodesia and South Africa. This seems like a very poor investment. I wonder if it’s a way for well connected PRC members to get capital out of China.
LL- Yes, but first time I’ve seen it explained this well.
Cedar- Concur
Stuart- Yep, they are going after the oil and other minerals down there. Honestly, I’m surprised they haven’t taken shots at the P-8s and DDGs on FON trips down through that area.
Gerry- That they do.
It’s the economic playbook that Red China is using so effectively in Central and South America. Just look at the companies that run the ports and the Panama Canal. They’re ChiComs.
And the ChiComs ‘own’ many of the southeast and southcentral ‘Asian’ countries, again look at who controls the ports and airports.
A small but significant part of Canada is ‘owned’ by the ChiComs.
The ratbastard(s) Clintons and Obama set up trade deals that allowed ChiComs to buy the contracts for the ports of Los Angeles and Seattle. Trump stopped that nonsense, barely.
The US educational system (upper divison) lives off of ChiCom handouts.
The China Today/Daily newspaper is delivered, free, to every member of Congress.
And, seriously, no construction company that exists outside of Red China isn’t state owned. Most are part of the PLA (directly or indirectly) and the others are owned/controlled by the Party.
Does any of this sound familiar? Yes, yes it does. It’s the playbook that the Soviet Union and their vassal states used, until the USSR ran out of money and died.
Remember the construction companies in Grenada? Cuban ‘construction workers?’
Yeah. Same thing. Just the ChiComs have deeper pockets than the Russkies.
Somehow,down the road, the Chinese will learn, “Africa Wins Again” IMO.
Beans- Yes they have, including HERE. They own the Port of Long Beach.
WSF- One hopes.
I believe the Chinese were forced by the Trump administration to sell Long Beach back in September due to national security concerns.
TheOtherSean, you are correct.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/
• Cheap energy prices don’t help Russia. Cheap energy prices help China — which also looks as though it’s replacing the USA as the big Saudi customer.
• China has been the world leader in making solar panels. How about in directly or indirectly lobbying for “renewable energy” in Congress?
• China makes the active ingredients of the vast majority of generic drugs sold in the US.
• China has nearly 1.2 males for every female from ages 5-19. That’s quite a resource, though one wonders if their version of “the best ye breed” is planning to stay home
• China in Africa may make the Belgians look like Mother Teresa.
Had a rather evil thought. Not sure which muse to blame.
I was reading a fair number of Chinese webnovels for a couple years or so. Probably a lot of the wrong plots for this story notion.
What about a story of a young mixed race boy in a future Chinese Africa? English would be a good language for writing this in, between the colonist fiction, the information about modern Africa, and all the translations of Chinese webnovels.
Might sell here, but it won’t sell in China. Mainland Chinese are so racist, moviemakers who want to rake in Chinese renminbi are having to recut or replot movies which involve interracial romance.
Yeah, they’re working their plan. Count me among the “Africa Wins” folks. The two entities deserve each other.