• ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      “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.”

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      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?”

      • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        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?

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