China relieves African debt

[mrswdk]

Just last month, African nations rejected a G20 debt relief plan that would have damaged their credit ratings and restricted their access to private finance:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diploma ... elief-plan

President Xi, sensitive to the risks Africa faces from COVID-19 and keen to ensure that at least one nation is behaving responsibly in Africa, has since held separate debt relief discussions with the African Union (AU) and reached a deal that the AU has been quick to call on other nations to learn from and emulate:

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_6 ... 9596.shtml

[mrswdk]

inb4 the usual trollbots who accused China of trying to laden developing countries with unsustainable debt come into this thread with bizarre rants about how Huawei is plotting to inject Africans with COVID-19 so Xi can extort Angola for oil, probably

[jimboston]

They don’t need to infect Africans with Covid to extort them... in fact it’d be counter productive.

[jusplay4fun]

It did not happen.

inb4 the usual trollbots who accused China of trying to laden developing countries with unsustainable debt come into this thread with bizarre rants about how Huawei is plotting to inject Africans with COVID-19 so Xi can extort Angola for oil, probably

[aad0906]

Just last month, African nations rejected a G20 debt relief plan that would have damaged their credit ratings and restricted their access to private finance:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diploma ... elief-plan

President Xi, sensitive to the risks Africa faces from COVID-19 and keen to ensure that at least one nation is behaving responsibly in Africa, has since held separate debt relief discussions with the African Union (AU) and reached a deal that the AU has been quick to call on other nations to learn from and emulate:

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_6 ... 9596.shtml

Didn't China already own most of Africa? It's much easier for Chinese companies to do business in Africa because they don't have to stick to the anti-corruption laws in Europe and the USA.

[The ram]

If China want sweatshops in Africa then they'll also have to import the workers. Hard work and Africa have never been uttered in the same sentence.

[riskllama]

[mrswdk]

If China want sweatshops in Africa then they'll also have to import the workers. Hard work and Africa have never been uttered in the same sentence.

The irony of this statement coming from a Brit.

[jimboston]

If China want sweatshops in Africa then they'll also have to import the workers. Hard work and Africa have never been uttered in the same sentence.

The irony of this statement coming from a Brit.

Why ironic? I miss the irony.
Are Brits supposedly lazy?

I think the comment is biased and borderline racist, but not ironic.

[2dimes]

If China want sweatshops in Africa then they'll also have to import the workers. Hard work and Africa have never been uttered in the same sentence.

The irony of this statement coming from a Brit.

Why ironic? I miss the irony.
Are Brits supposedly lazy?

I think the comment is biased and borderline racist, but not ironic.

Could the irony be in the suggestion that another country might want to take advantage of Africa under the guise of benevolence?

[jimboston]

If China want sweatshops in Africa then they'll also have to import the workers. Hard work and Africa have never been uttered in the same sentence.

The irony of this statement coming from a Brit.

Why ironic? I miss the irony.
Are Brits supposedly lazy?

I think the comment is biased and borderline racist, but not ironic.

Could the irony be in the suggestion that another country might want to take advantage of Africa under the guise of benevolence?

That could be the point he’s trying to make...but I don’t think that’s irony.