China is Not Colonizing Africa===Chinagate
International media cannot be trusted to give accurate information. Skepticism is especially warranted when China is the topic and allegations of colonizing Africa make headlines.
International media are reporting that the Ugandan government has turned over Entebbe airport to a Chinese bank in order to make payment on a loan. “Museveni to surrender Uganda’s only international airport over Chinese loan,” claimed The Guardian . Similar headlines have appeared widely and all repeat as fact an allegation that Uganda will lose its airport to Exim bank.
Uganda has not defaulted on the $200 million loan yet the false bad news continues to be reported. Despite denials from China and Uganda the story continues to circulate and is now accepted as being true.
The bad journalism resonates despite inaccuracies in these accounts because they repeat a now familiar trope, that China offers “debt traps” to African nations and has become the 21st century colonizer of the continent. In reality, Africa is colonized by the same nations which began their exploitation by carving up the continental at the 1884 Berlin Conference.
It is a French billionaire, Vincent Bolloré , who controls 16 West African ports through bribery and influence peddling. France also controls the CFA currency of its former colonies. Canadian companies control gold mining in Burkina Faso, Mali and Democratic Republic of Congo. Decades after the struggle for independence, British soldiers are still stationed in Kenya.
The U.S. and its allies have little to offer except exploitation in the form of extraction and military control through the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). It is China that pursues development projects with new railroads in Nigeria and Angola, and a highway in Kenya. The only narrative that makes the colonizers look good is a smear against China. The U.S.com/EU/NATO formation still has a hold on African nations and corporate media continue to act as governmental spokespeople and endlessly repeat whatever they are told.
{The terms on Chinese loans are better than those of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). China doesn’t demand austerity in return for project funding, interference is not the goal. The difference is well known and clear and explains why news about China and Africa is so negative and why falsehoods are so readily accepted.
This particular fake news broke just days before the Forum on China-African Cooperation (FOCAC) was scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Senegal just weeks earlier and repeated the usual anti-Chinese screeds. The most basic journalistic standards are not followed with these stories which appear at opportune moments. Allegations of Chinese debt traps should be viewed with great skepticism.}
Fake news on a repetitive cycle towards perception management creating a delusional reality. How far down the rabbit hole do they have you?
{Black/African people are very much interested in the condition of their brothers and sisters all over the world. This dynamic is generally a positive one but it also creates a susceptibility to believe in lies when they are spun well enough. The Chinese as colonizer trope has been repeated too often and information about Africa is too scant for most people to analyze these news stories correctly. We are left with nothing but “China is bad” tales that are accepted because of well meaning but misdirected concerns for Africans.}
What most people are missing here is much the same with India and Latin America. Both having a historic relationship within socialist tendencies, a good degree of Africa does also, outside the religious strife. In regards to India and Africa it has been a conflicting matter between Marxism and Communistic measures. In Latin America however it's based widely on Marxist theory. In India and Africa the harming results were/are often due to when coups take place that direct a region towards falling in favor with capitalist who are attempting to get a footprint within. Colonialism reaching back centuries. Profits over people! This is the primary piece to the puzzle people! It has always been and will continue to be about keeping the people in check, globally, for capitalism. It you have what they want they come and take it. All aspects of the social structure of that society become victimized. Any government and or citizenry that voices dissent become demonized in which inhumane actions against can be legalized. Our MSCMs collaborate with the agenda, spreading false narratives to manage perceptions to indoctrinate an illusion.
{The story of Uganda is particularly complex. The Ugandan government is a U.S. puppet, a full fledged participant in the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and a terrorist nation which invaded the Democratic Republic of Congo and killed millions of people. While it is important to dispel myths about China it is also important to do so without covering up for Uganda and nations like it.}
Another example as in Syria, the US government is more than willing to work with bad actors, often spoken enemies, to get what they want. Despite the cost to human lives.
American interests have long experience in manipulating beliefs. Just look at the stance against socialism, trade unions & communism.
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