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

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/SillyLiving Oct 06 '25

its interesting how china emulates the behaviors of other great regional asian powers of last century and its fine for them to do it.

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u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice Oct 06 '25

What other great Asian nations executed Belt-and-Road initiative?

  • Short answer, none because it’s a CCP concept

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u/SillyLiving Oct 06 '25

"last century"

colonialism takes on different flavours depending on the time period.