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China: an empire of debt

5 May 2022

2:00 PM

5 May 2022

2:00 PM

‘China is building an empire on debt,’ said Mark Steyn, of GB News. He is correct. Australia’s Pacific neighbour exports debt to the third world as a tool of conquest. It is colonialism with a chequebook. Battle with a bank account. Slavery for nation-states…

Murdering the locals in open war tends to make China’s ‘Woke’ Western trading partners feel a little uncomfortable, so Beijing murders economies instead, taking assets hostage while handcuffing corrupt local officials to Chinese interests.

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