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China is Losing Friends in Africa

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  • AxtremusA Away
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    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/16/coronavirus-china-africa-191444

    Beijing has spent billions to win friends and influence politics in Africa. But the virus is threatening to upend years of careful work.
    The trigger for the burgeoning diplomatic crisis: Anger over the treatment of African citizens living in China and frustration at Beijing’s position on granting debt relief to fight against the outbreak.

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      Jolly
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      Good.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/380/chinese-propaganda?_=1587076210753

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          When this takes hold in Africa it will cut a wide swath of death. China will not be popular.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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