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[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Linking a bunch of people fearmongering about China's increasing presense in Africa doesn't actually mean this is to take away sovereignty from African countries. China gains from this mutual cooperation, but so do African countries, and unlike the west China doesn't force trade at the barrel of a gun. That's part of why it's mutally beneficial, and results in development in Africa, vs underdevelopment and western enrichment.

All this really proves is that you have a deeply chauvanistic view of China, assuming that every country is as evil as the west. The simple reason why China isn't economically compelled to imperialize is because it isn't dominated by finance capital, and thus prioritizes long-term results. It's simply better for everyone for there to be mutual cooperation, but western countries are dominated by the profit motive and finance capital, which compels them to take short term gains via looting the global south.

I suggest you read the articles I have already linked, they help debunk the fearmongering from your gish-gallop.

Your articles keep talking about "increasing Chinese millitary domination" despite a whopping 3 millitary bases overseas. China has a defensive millitary and benefits from stability and development in the global south, while NATO has hundreds of bases and installs compradors, coups, forces austerity, and more.