• SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    16·
    4 months ago

    Sure, but it’s done very differently and it reflects a different manner of thinking

    China’s ‘investment’ is lifting a country up so that they can engage in additional dealings further down the line, which also helps build goodwill (which will no doubt help with such dealings)

    Western ‘investment’ is trying to rip out everything down to the studs while giving as little back as possible

    • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      To add, it isn’t simply due to a different mindset, but due to a different mode of production. Western imperialism and China’s socialist market economy express clear, demonstrable differences when it comes to foreign policy like this.