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“A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China.” #china
09:28 AM - May 21, 2023
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09:33 AM - May 21, 2023
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Anton Brakhage
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I'd guess the goal is leverage. These countries will be weak, in debt to China, and that means China will be able to exert more influence over them. Imperialism without actually invading.

Debt is a potential way for a strong country to cripple a poor one- see what France did to revolutionary Haiti.
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01:13 AM - May 22, 2023
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