I read an article that said that the Chinese fundamentally miscalculated in their belt and road scheme. What they came to realize is that either the country is such a basket-case that the economic returns never materialize, or the country is too strong and ends up resisting the predatory terms.
I read an article that said that the Chinese fundamentally miscalculated in their belt and road scheme. What they came to realize is that either the country is such a basket-case that the economic returns never materialize, or the country is too strong and ends up resisting the predatory terms.
That's essentially a summary of Empire of Dust.
I highly recommend anyone who hasn't seen it watch Empire of Dust.
It's all so tiresome.
It's almost like our ancestors fucked off to the other side of mediterranean for a reason =[