I recently had dinner with a friend who spent 8 years working for the US State dept all over Africa.
His take was simple. When the US shows up offering to build a road to the oil refinery we want to build we first ask them to make human rights reforms and so forth.
The Chinese just start handing out cash until they get what they want.
This strategy will result in the wholesale ownership of several African states by China if it hasn’t already happened.
His take was simple. When the US shows up offering to build a road to the oil refinery we want to build we first ask them to make human rights reforms and so forth.
The Chinese just start handing out cash until they get what they want.
This strategy will result in the wholesale ownership of several African states by China if it hasn’t already happened.