They could have pull what China did, want to have our commodities and invest into our country? must do some kind of joint venture with a local company so their local industry can learn. Instead, they are happy waiting for foreign investment money and projects skimming from the top.
Unless you mean like really past then yeah you were right before.
It is really interestig that chinas oppression and cancer like control tactics are the only thing in recent history that has made black africa and arab africa get along haha. What a fucked up planet.
We are all still monkeys. Better sticks, but primitiv logic.
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As well as legal barriers to entry (preventing foreign investors from retaining control over their assets) thereâs the general attitude that foreigners are stupid and deserve to be relieved of their cash; so when foreigners do bring investment and know-how into the country, they just get nickel-and-dimed to death via an assortment of scams (official and unofficial) until they eventually leave with their tails between their legs. No doubt itâs similar in Africa.
Chinese companies tend to do much better under these circumstances because they treat their employees like dirt (for some bizarre reason, treating employees like human beings encourages them to steal and loaf around) and hand out bribes liberally to government officials. The average third-world politician craves respect - he wants to be told what a wonderful, clever person he is while he robs his country blind. Chinese businessmen have no problem with this if it gets the job done. Westerners tend to approach such people with a mixture of fear and disgust, which gets them nowhere.
The ânon-alignedâ movement - which in practice meant alignment with powerful rogue states - has been an absolute disaster for all concerned. No country can stand alone; you have to make alliances with someone to really thrive. While itâs understandable that developing countries would be wary of the US (considering their various stupid CIA interventions), going cap-in-hand to China was not a good move.
Pushback and ranking of sentiment towards China policies:
Interesting that Germany views China more negatively than the US in this poll
âŚalso more organizing around Boycott of Chinaâs Olympic Games next year
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Maybe the Argentinians will push back.
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âStop slandering China, stop interfering in Chinaâs internal affairs, and stop harming Chinaâs interests,â
Give me a break, FFS.
â The group, made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, called on China to respect human rights in Xinjiangâ
The G7 should have added this:
But hey donât worry ⌠even if you dont( as youâve demonstrated for the past 20 years), weâll keep buying from you, recognizing you, allow your spies to come in and work in our countries, and not give a fuck about Taiwan publicly.
China has toned down the air incursions ever since. Itâs working.
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One event not happening temporarily doesnât really count does it. Over the next 20 years, do you think G7 can achieve anything it aims to, in China? Human rights? Democratic values? I donât think so. The Chinese know how to push their buttons.
Absolutely.
China just keeps pushing until you push back.
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â US officials said Italy and Germany were uneasy with potential communique language that China might view as provocative. Stressing âbalance,â German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that âChina is our rival in many questions but also our partner in many aspects.â
No different than pre-WW 2 where the world refused to do anything about nazi atrocities till it became too inconvenient.
20 years from now, when China has taken over many territories to its east, the world will wonder what was the point of appeasing them.
Unfortunately for NATO, China is way way stronger and way smarter.
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They are retaliating to the G7 summit.
Well they donât care really do they. The imaginary line doesnât apply to them since they island cannot enforce it. Simple
it takes time to prepare for retaliation against Chinaâs actions (4 million dead, Genocide, Hong Kong oppression, etc.) . a knee-jerk reaction at this moment would be a mistake - it would lead to the west being caught with their pants down (wellâŚeven more than the virus did) immediately losing access to critical supplies and production.
So for now, countries seek âbalancedâ language while they sort out their supply chains and move their chess pieces into position.
Once supply chains are sorted and pieces are in position, the language will change very quickly from âbalancedâ to âwe will hunt down the CCP without mercyâ â give it a couple years.
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So you have shown polls are useless 
I cant imagine a country in europe that enables the CCP oppression more than germany.
Ok, a more important country in europe*
And to think, all those anti nazi laws for nothing. Pitty.
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Germany has their hands tied. Lot of money from cars pouring in.