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magic_lobster_party 80 points 2 years ago

It was always a given that China would eventually dethrone US as a global super power. I never expected US to basically hand it over to them.

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GissaMittJobb 12 points 2 years ago

It will go down as the most unforced error in history

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Vlado 40 points 2 years ago

They would be dumb if they didn’t do that. Did anyone expect something else?

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OpenStars 22 points 2 years ago

Apparently one or two people did, yes.:-|

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SoftestSapphic 35 points 2 years ago

Surely the world will be a better place if we take the US' boot off the neck of the human race and place a Chinese boot there!

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i_stole_ur_taco 33 points 2 years ago

The boots are both made in China anyway. Might as well cut out the middle man!

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SoftestSapphic 12 points 2 years ago

China is all about efficiency.

Their dissenting citizen to organ farm pipeline can't be beat!

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electric_nan -14 points 2 years ago

I don't think China has any interest in putting a boot on the neck of the world.

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sensiblepuffin 10 points 2 years ago

Africa would like a word.

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BackgrndNoize 9 points 2 years ago

And Sri Lanka

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electric_nan -4 points 2 years ago

Care to explain? I have a difficult time imagining Chinese military actions in Africa.

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MintyFresh 9 points 2 years ago

A river died

Just one example of their bad acting. No worse really than the western world has done, but certainly no better

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sensiblepuffin 9 points 2 years ago

Never said military actions. China has been trying to establish economic hegemony in Africa for a while via giant loans for infrastructure projects that the nations in question could never possibly repay. Of course, the terms of the loan establish that if the nation defaults, China immediately gains control over all assets built with the money.

https://www.bu.edu/... This has some fun charts about the phenomenon.

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Fingolfinz 4 points 2 years ago

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electric_nan -2 points 2 years ago

I'm basing my view on current and historical facts. Yours seems to be a more vibes-based analysis.

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Fingolfinz 2 points 2 years ago

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