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leighbythesea2

(1,200 posts)
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:05 PM Jul 2022

Undercover in Guyana: Exposing Chinese Business in South America

Around minute 20:00, the VP stuttering and sweating through her questions. Great journalism.
This is so well done, wanted to share.

It's been happening everywhere in world, with Chinese infrastructure "investment". This is SA, but Central America, Africa continent, and Carribean...

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Undercover in Guyana: Exposing Chinese Business in South America (Original Post) leighbythesea2 Jul 2022 OP
Chinese infrastructure investment awesomerwb1 Jul 2022 #1
Im sure leighbythesea2 Jul 2022 #4
China has been (soft) colonizing Africa, SA, etc. for quite some time now. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #2
Right? leighbythesea2 Jul 2022 #3

awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)
1. Chinese infrastructure investment
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:08 PM
Jul 2022

and freebies as well.

Edit: among the freebies are brand new national soccer stadiums for example.

leighbythesea2

(1,200 posts)
4. Im sure
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 06:04 PM
Jul 2022

When you're corrupt, with a huge purse, and the country is poor (and corrupt or easy to corrupt) why would a stadium gift be denied.

Irish_Dem

(46,918 posts)
2. China has been (soft) colonizing Africa, SA, etc. for quite some time now.
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 03:19 PM
Jul 2022

Throwing huge sums of money at everyone. Chinese military is stationed in these countries as well.

I have been talking about this here, but no one believes it yet.
Another piece of reality to digest.

leighbythesea2

(1,200 posts)
3. Right?
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 06:01 PM
Jul 2022

Have neighbors from South Africa & they told me about what was happening on that continent years ago. Sounded exactly like this video, honestly. It's win-win for China, and only China.
I liked that this video had a clip of Biden speaking about it. It just feels like we're SO behind to even affect the phenomenon. They're everywhere....

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