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China is not pushing Africa into debt trap, South African president says (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Click on the multi-colored federation star to see exactly what you expect to

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

honestly hexbear should rename it as "button into the hitler dimension" as a bit on april fools or something lol

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

South Africa: "this is not a debt trap"

China: "this is not a debt trap"

The most smug person you've ever heard: "mmm, isn't there someone you forgot to ask?"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Are the terms of the loans secret or something? With western debt traps we can point to the austerity measures and such... are they even accusing China of anything specific?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Heh, nice try President of South Africa, but I think I know a little something about African-Chinese diplomacy from all the feddit articles whose headline and preview paragraph I've read."