another country to go broke and owe China for the rest of their lives
China has expanded the area requiring low sulphur fuel already 01.Oct.2018:
China displacing India in the Maldives
Anyone surprised? When are we going to open our eyes?
more proof they cant think or design anything, just steal other peoples ideas
They seem to have a real problem getting past the compass gunpowder paper and the printing press on their list of inventions.
Perhaps the cultural revolution did actually kill off all the thinkers?
Donât take the honour for inventing the printing press from the Germans.
It took a lot of technical chops to pull this off.
Iâm sure there will be an active comment stream on Ars Technica.
Chinese had wooden printing blocks I thought, half way thereâŚ
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BRI continues, Xi Jinping is changing he world with Putin, strategically they are outsmarting Trump and the West in general
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I think their plan has already come to fruition, throw money at poor countries that cant pay it back and then take over on default or keep them poor forever.
There are more crying now than happy with their âChinese investmentsâ
https://qz.com/265577/why-almost-a-third-of-overseas-chinese-investments-fail/
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Just another day in China
China is relaxing fiscal rules. This could be interesting as the Communist central decision makers are pulling Capitalist levers without knowing the likely consequences, short term and long term. The law of unintended consequences cannot be avoided.
China out-Trumping Trump?
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I read a report ages ago that said there is no way the rest of the world can supply enough soybean to china if the volume from the USA drops.
Iâll bet its local traders supplying what the consumers wants, anyway they can?
If China is using proxy buyers then the Ayatollahs have become notionally the biggest customer for the corn belt.
The law of unintended consequencesâŚ
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iran-emerges-as-no-1-buyer-of-us-soya-beans/
Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka
meanwhile over in the news that didnt come from China
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-17/china-s-1-billion-white-elephant-the-port-ships-don-t-use
Having sailed with Sri Lankan crew & officers I am well aware of how the Chinese hooked and gaffed Rajapaksa, the folk on the street knew this but it was a personal vanity project by the then PM. China got what they wanted by playing the long game just as they did in Venezuela, Djibouti, Pakistan etc. Anywhere with a weak economy, vainglorious and inept leaders sprinkled with corruption will fall to the Chinese. Hambantota was a white elephant but the Chinese will make it work - Colombo has run out of real estate and has infrastructure problems.
Politicians have short memories, they look to stay in power whatever the cost, look to the next election or avoid one if possible, and, after all they donât pick up the tab.
Statesmen look to the next generation. Beware of Greeks bearing giftsâŚ
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Alibaba, the worldâs largest and most advanced internet retailer, has joined forces with the John Fredriksen owned Marine Harvest to market Norwegian salmon directly to 600 mill. Chinese customers: