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Empire of Dust (A documentary on China's Africa adventures)
Savage Production (YouTube) ^ | Oct 15, 2017 | Savage Production

Posted on 01/24/2020 3:15:37 PM PST by aquila48

(A Belgian documentary on the quagmire China has embarked upon in Africa. Learning lessons about Africans that Europeans learned a long time ago. Well worth the time - better than anything on the boob tube. English subtitles)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; china
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1 posted on 01/24/2020 3:15:37 PM PST by aquila48
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To: aquila48

If the Chinese want to swim in that irredeemable shit hole, let them. All they’ll end up is covered with it and all the accompanying exotic diseases. AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS!!


2 posted on 01/24/2020 3:20:41 PM PST by libstripper (ueeze it into)
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To: libstripper; aquila48

There has been a steady wave of development sweeping through humanity since the Industrial Revolution, and picking up speed - raising an increasingly higher percentage of the human race out of poverty.

Africa is the last great frontier for that wave of technology and development to raise people up from abject poverty, and it is happening quickly there now. The World Bank projects the Average African to meet its threshold of “middle income” in 2025.


3 posted on 01/24/2020 3:38:03 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: libstripper

bookmark


4 posted on 01/24/2020 3:38:36 PM PST by FalloutShelterGirl (Cool! I found my original screen name!)
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To: aquila48

You are all looking at this from a European viewpoint.

China would have no problem Genociding millions of Africans with zero guilt.

They put their race in concentrations camps. What do you think they would do with Africans who they consider subhuman?


5 posted on 01/24/2020 3:38:59 PM PST by setter
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To: setter
I see you are a realist about the Chinese and Africa.

Beyond that,

Let Africa Sink

6 posted on 01/24/2020 3:45:17 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: aquila48
Worth watching


7 posted on 01/24/2020 3:50:33 PM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: BeauBo

The World Bank is wrong.

Africa will win.

Again.

L


8 posted on 01/24/2020 3:52:56 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: setter

“China would have no problem Genociding millions of Africans with zero guilt.

They put their race in concentrations camps. What do you think they would do with Africans who they consider subhuman?”

Perhaps, but that is not where they seem to be going. The Chinese in the video are totally exasperated at the behavior, attitude and, dare I say it, the intelligence of the Africans. They seem more ready to give up than to conquer.

They have gone there with the goal to get access to natural resources in exchange for building infrastructures (and, I’m sure, greasing the palms of the powers that be).

I don’t see an effort on their part to take over direct governance of the countries. May still happen or they may decide it’s more trouble than it’s worth.

Take a look at the video and see if you come away with the same sense.


9 posted on 01/24/2020 4:00:04 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: csvset

That guy is great in that video.

He has immense patience, and is learning the lessons that Europeans learned long ago.


10 posted on 01/24/2020 4:03:22 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: aquila48

Just think how many Africans are likely now infected by their Chinese masters?


11 posted on 01/24/2020 4:20:48 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: aquila48

Basically the film drives home the point that the Chinese guys are trying to do a job and trying to fairly employ and hire the locals and while the locals are there , every thing is done half baked and nothing really happens. I noticed the Chinese guys were never laughing and the Africans were mostly having a good time.


12 posted on 01/24/2020 4:50:58 PM PST by BRL
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The thing that also stood out for me was Eddy, the main African character in the video. a fairly young man who spoke Chinese, French English and Swahili. Very impressive.


13 posted on 01/24/2020 5:00:32 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: libstripper

except for the strategic problem of the Chinese controlling the Sues canal and the straight of Gibraltar. And if they leave the terrorist problem in Africa and illegal immigration to NATO unchecked.


14 posted on 01/24/2020 5:18:55 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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I don't know who I feel more sorry for. The Chinese guy who is trying to get a simple load of gravel delivered, Eddy, who is obviously educated and stuck in an impossible country, the Congolese who are a complete waste of time, or the whole of Africa that is never going to be a modern functional society.

The Chinese is correct, the colonial powers left them an functional infrastructure that the Congolese completely neglected and/or destroyed on their own with no way or intention of ever rebuilding.

In the end it will be hard for the Chicoms to show any ROE on this project unless they import Chinese workers and take over control of the government, not something that would work in the long run without more problems being created.

15 posted on 01/24/2020 5:30:36 PM PST by 11Bush
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To: aquila48

Illustrative segment starting at the 14:00 mark, where the Chinese guy arrives to get gravel loaded on trucks. No gravel. Blacks standing around waiting for boss to arrive. Black boss finally arrives, and is not helpful.

I can see the Chinese on the scene getting fed up with the African approach to management. I can see them getting fed up.


16 posted on 01/24/2020 5:45:09 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: Lurker

“Africa will win.”

Africa ALWAYS wins.


17 posted on 01/24/2020 5:54:56 PM PST by oldvirginian (I know not what course others may take but as for me Give me Liberty or give me death)
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“I don’t know who I feel more sorry for. The Chinese guy who is trying to get a simple load of gravel delivered, Eddy, who is obviously educated and stuck in an impossible country, the Congolese who are a complete waste of time, or the whole of Africa that is never going to be a modern functional society.”

I’ve come to the conclusion that the best thing for everyone concerned is to leave africans to their own devices, and for whites, chinese, japanese, arabs, jews, etc. to keep and protect the racial character of their countries as much as possible. It’s not a question of hating other races, just a simple realization that (for various reasons) that type of diversity leads to discord. Countries can still trade and interact with each other based on their national interests and probably do so with more mutual respect.

It is hard enough to get along with people of the same race, let alone introduce the divisions that arise when racial identity politics rears its ugly head.

Just look at how all-consuming racial problems and issues are in the US. Who needs that?

I got a feeling the chinese won’t make the mistake that europeans made by letting in a lot of Africans in their midst.


18 posted on 01/24/2020 6:07:03 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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What happens when Wuhan flu hits Africa?


19 posted on 01/24/2020 6:13:13 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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Yeah, Eddy should have sought greener pastures somewhere outside of the Congo. The scene where the Chinese guy tells Eddy that the Congolese have de-evolved is hard hitting.


20 posted on 01/24/2020 6:25:11 PM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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