It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades.
While this is a pretty good move (I mean, it’s not like France had the choice at this time) it also means that other governments can take a position there instead.
There is a huge issue with Wagner being accused of killing and raping people and China is literally buying everything.
Rejecting strongly the current french military will probably create a weird situation for them…
And what’s wrong with other nations taking position there that aren’t western? Sad you can no longer exclusively exploit African resources?
Chinese relations with the global South is infinitely better than American/Britiish/french relations. I absolutely welcome china but not so much about Russia
Well an important take here is that these nations are turning towards Russia because their mercenaries don’t hold back against the islamists out of concern for collateral damage. For France, that’s much more of a PR thing that they can’t be seen shooting and raping as much. And for China… Interesting snippet from Cablegate was that even US diplomats were shocked by the lack of remorse or ethics shown by the Chinese in trying to get their hands on African resources. So I guess we’ll see lol
I don’t particularly have an issue with the positions themselves, but I’m kind of sad that those african countries are just leaving an issue and welcoming another. It is true that the infrastructure are being developed but then the countries are not developing because they don’t benefit long term. You could argue that they will benefit from better transports in general which is true but it only holds up until China is doing fine economically (which it isn’t exactly today).
I don’t care if it’s a western country or not I’m just trying to find what would benefit those countries, and it doesn’t seem that buying everything there will (or putting soldiers with other colors and ideas)
Haven’t you heard? China is collapsing the same collapse that the west has been wrongly predicting since the 90s…
Western economists keep doing the “Ah! Well. Nevertheless, ” thing about Chinas economy that Libs do regarding Trump’s legal Teflon.
“They can make cheap junk, but can’t compete with high tech manufacturing” - they are now better at high tech manufacturing.
“They’re building railway infrastructure they can’t afford” - they could afford it and now their railways are world leading.
“Their housing market is a bubble” - they just nationalised the companies and make houses for homes not for commodities
“They can compete on high tech manufacturing but not do their own designs” - their own designs are now eating western designers markets (electric cars anyone?)
“Western investment in china is drying up, which will slow their advances” - Chinese state investment makes up the slack
“Global demand is slowing” - the domestic market is growing
While this is a pretty good move (I mean, it’s not like France had the choice at this time) it also means that other governments can take a position there instead. There is a huge issue with Wagner being accused of killing and raping people and China is literally buying everything. Rejecting strongly the current french military will probably create a weird situation for them…
And what’s wrong with other nations taking position there that aren’t western? Sad you can no longer exclusively exploit African resources? Chinese relations with the global South is infinitely better than American/Britiish/french relations. I absolutely welcome china but not so much about Russia
Well an important take here is that these nations are turning towards Russia because their mercenaries don’t hold back against the islamists out of concern for collateral damage. For France, that’s much more of a PR thing that they can’t be seen shooting and raping as much. And for China… Interesting snippet from Cablegate was that even US diplomats were shocked by the lack of remorse or ethics shown by the Chinese in trying to get their hands on African resources. So I guess we’ll see lol
I don’t particularly have an issue with the positions themselves, but I’m kind of sad that those african countries are just leaving an issue and welcoming another. It is true that the infrastructure are being developed but then the countries are not developing because they don’t benefit long term. You could argue that they will benefit from better transports in general which is true but it only holds up until China is doing fine economically (which it isn’t exactly today).
I don’t care if it’s a western country or not I’m just trying to find what would benefit those countries, and it doesn’t seem that buying everything there will (or putting soldiers with other colors and ideas)
Lol. Lmao even. Chinese trade with Africa is at an all time high and growing rapidly.
Haven’t you heard? China is collapsing the same collapse that the west has been wrongly predicting since the 90s…
Western economists keep doing the “Ah! Well. Nevertheless, ” thing about Chinas economy that Libs do regarding Trump’s legal Teflon.
“They can make cheap junk, but can’t compete with high tech manufacturing” - they are now better at high tech manufacturing.
“They’re building railway infrastructure they can’t afford” - they could afford it and now their railways are world leading.
“Their housing market is a bubble” - they just nationalised the companies and make houses for homes not for commodities
“They can compete on high tech manufacturing but not do their own designs” - their own designs are now eating western designers markets (electric cars anyone?)
“Western investment in china is drying up, which will slow their advances” - Chinese state investment makes up the slack
“Global demand is slowing” - the domestic market is growing
Etc… etc… etc…