Is China the World’s New Colonial Power?

[LoLeL]

The rising superpower has built up enormous holdings in poor, resource-rich African countries but its business partners there aren't always thrilled.

The Chinese migrants who have gone out into the world, the risk-takers who have found spots in Asia, Latin America and Africa, are as diverse as China itself: young and middle-aged, unschooled and highly educated, working for private companies and state-owned enterprises — and even for themselves. They are not a monolith. And yet, in these far-off places, they are connected to one another in a way that they never could be back home in a land of 1.4 billion people. It’s not just the shared food, culture or language — or the solidarity that comes from being thrown together in a harsh environment. What binds these individuals together is an abiding belief that their presence overseas is making China better and stronger. This shared conviction, as much as the state that has nurtured it, is what makes China a colossus, a nation that can be seen by others, in the same instant, as a blessing and a curse.

China’s actions in Africa certainly passes Kwame Nkrumah’s litmus test of neo-colonialism. The appearance of national sovereignty is preserved, but vast economic control allows China to wield undue political influence.

Sadly, this neo-colonialist system is not limited to sub-Saharan Africa. Much like R4I swaps and loans in Africa, Chinese projects in Southeast Asia have political riders attached to them. However, rather than local favoritism or United Nations votes, China has required ideological purity for its regional ambitions. Whether it is Taiwan and the “One China” policy or Tibet and the Dali Lama, participation in Chinese initiatives such as One Belt, One Road or the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, carry political provisions both spoken and unspoken. With China’s neo-colonialist tentacles spanning from Saigon to Johannesburg, Pyongyang to Accra, the question remains: who is next?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/m...ial-power.html

http://www.ketagalanmedia.com/2017/1...tem-in-africa/

[Tooting Carmen]

I doubt most African countries in particular find it any more intrusive and exploitative than the European powers, who imposed their languages and cultures on them in a way the Chinese do not.

[dperucca]

More reasons to learn Mandarin.

[LoLeL]

More reasons to learn Mandarin.

^This. Many wealthy and businessman families convince their kids to learn Mandarin.

[LoLeL]

I doubt most African countries in particular find it any more intrusive and exploitative than the European powers, who imposed their languages and cultures on them in a way the Chinese do not.

Well, you should consider all possible scenarios. It's still too soon to praise Chinese and bash the Europeans.

[Hexachordia]

CCP has nothing to do with chinese people, it is not our naturally developped or elected system based on our national interests, it is a fully foreign proxy implanted by international conventions like America-Soviet-British treaties, Trotsky-Israel-Zionist agendas, international communist syndicates etc etc. I fully entrust the task of directing, educating, restructuring CCP to the whole international community including the global elites, politicians. I take no responsibility for whatever the deeds of the BeiJing government, so should do all free-minded chinese people.

[LoLeL]

CCP has nothing to do with chinese people, it is not our naturally developped or elected system based on our national interests, it is a fully foreign proxy implanted by international conventions like America-Soviet-British treaties, Trotsky-Israel-Zionist agendas, international communist syndicates etc etc. I fully entrust the task of directing, educating, restructuring CCP to the whole international community including the global elites, politicians. I take no responsibility for whatever the deeds of the BeiJing government, so should do all free-minded chinese people.

How many of Chinese people have same opinion like you? More than 50%?

[Linebacker]

I think China is more powerful that the USA and Russia.

They have infinite manpower, a stable economy and a very technologically advanced army.

[wvwvw]

I think China is more powerful that the USA and Russia.

They have infinite manpower, a stable economy and a very technologically advanced army.

And quite a homogenous society.

[wvwvw]

I doubt most African countries in particular find it any more intrusive and exploitative than the European powers, who imposed their languages and cultures on them in a way the Chinese do not.

Most Africans were illitetate anyway, and spoke hundrends of different dialects.