davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoChina Urges US to Give Up Monroe Doctrine, As Washington Intensifies Its Meddling in Latin Americawww.nakedcapitalism.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down116
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkChina Urges US to Give Up Monroe Doctrine, As Washington Intensifies Its Meddling in Latin Americawww.nakedcapitalism.comdavel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down12·9 months agoI know, right? China with their (checks notes) building bridges, rail, ports, 5G networks, etc. Oh, the huge manatee.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down19·9 months agoThat was all entirely altruistic? Then it must be coincidental that it sounds exactly like the infrastructure the Brits built in India (minus the 5G), whose sole purpose was wealth extraction.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·9 months agoThe railways China is building mostly runs between cities. The railways Britain built went directly from the mines and farms to the ports.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·9 months agoOf course it isn’t all entirely altruistic. Theoretical bases of China’s “win-win” foreign policy concept
I know, right? China with their (checks notes) building bridges, rail, ports, 5G networks, etc.
Oh, the huge manatee.
That was all entirely altruistic? Then it must be coincidental that it sounds exactly like the infrastructure the Brits built in India (minus the 5G), whose sole purpose was wealth extraction.
The railways China is building mostly runs between cities.
The railways Britain built went directly from the mines and farms to the ports.
Of course it isn’t all entirely altruistic. Theoretical bases of China’s “win-win” foreign policy concept