re: China calling the shots in Zimbabwe

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The entire continent of Africa has a GDP less than Texas.
It also has problems greater than 50% of the rest of the world combined.

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Do you think they’re there to help the African people? frick no.

Think about the geopolitical environment that is China. They have 1.4 billion people that they have to feed that are finally no longer starving. They know about the quality of life of America, Europe, Japan, and South Korea. They like the cultures of those countries and are emulating them. They can not afford for their population to starve again or they will certainly rebel and form a Republic.

There is also global warming to contend with, which while China itself will be fine, all of their neighbors won’t be. Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East will be totally fricked if even a mild case scenario occur, and these people will be trying to make their way to China. These starving people will see them as the first and best option. Not to mention North Korea continues to be a monkey on their back.

The best option is to secure the border (pretty easy given the Himalayas to the Southwest and the jungles to the Southeast) and then invest in assloads of land so their people don’t starve due to overpopulation. How do you do that? Buy tons of cheap land and labor. No where is better than Africa. Just secure them from warlords, and you’re good.

They aren’t investing in Africa, this is contingency plan so that their population doesn’t starve and countries like India and Bangladesh don’t beat them to the punch. They’re really fricking the Africans and all of the rest of Asia in the long run. It’s incredibly smart and visionary what the Chinese are doing with Africa. Worst case they start an American military industrial complex to secure their African stronghold that they bought legally and no one was ever the wiser until it was too late.