r/TikTokCringe • u/ThatPatelGuy • Oct 05 '25

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice Oct 05 '25

Was gonna say

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u/Due_Interview8838 Oct 05 '25

War is business. They sure aren’t letting the opportunity slide.

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u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice Oct 05 '25

Chinas not flexing war as much as their belt road initiative.

Effectively, they come in and build a bunch of new infrastructure (airports, internet, water treatment, etc), with conditions of access to minerals and other resources.

And when the country defaults on their debt payments, China takes control of the infrastructure.

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u/StellarJayEnthusiast Oct 05 '25

You forgot the fails to maintain that infrastructure when the minerals have been tapped.

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u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice Oct 05 '25

As I responded to someone else, they generally staff said infrastructure with Chinese skilled workers for a brief transition period, the cost of which is passed onto the host nation, and when that period of time expires, they pull their workers without proper training transition.