While I understand the game China is playing, I find the concern of the West for Africa as rather shallow and fake. It's not so much that the West cares about African people but rather feels threatened by a new rising player.
Well said. The west has never cared for the welfare for other countries or its people. It’s always had agendas even before the rise of Russia and China. Only now this “concern” for Chinese expansion is a last ditch and desperate effort to hold onto what little power they have left. Honestly I feel China as a world power might be a nice change. At least they don’t go around invading countries for oil. Fuck USA.
@@joemam12 All I know is they’re not as aggressive as the US. When was the last time China aggressively invaded another country under false pretences and word fucked it so it sounded justified? Like I said happy with a change.
You rather they ignore it? Even if it's shallow and fake it's better than nothing. Man 1: "Aww, you idiot, you fell in the quicksand. Gimme your hand before you drown and get me in trouble." Man 2: "No, I don't want your help. You don't really care about me."
@@hihihui1 Lol..they just militarized the whole South China sea, relentless provocations against all nations in the seas around them, threaten Taiwan with war almost on a weekly basis, and rekindled the conflict with India (where people died) just last year--not to mention what it's done to its own people. Is it as bad as the US invasions, no. But this situation isn't a "I like China" vs "I like the US" predicament. Both are quite flawed, but also have positives IMO. And if you take the position of "Country A: Good,, Country B: Bad", you're seriously missing so much about geopolitical dynamics.
What I always found extra fascinating is that Chinese investment and strategic diplomacy in Africa started under Chairman Mao, even before the country opened up and got rich. It helped lay the groundwork for what Johnny explained here. China's ability for playing the long game is impressive
hmmmm "strategic diplomacy" in the poorest parts of the world? where there were flourishing liberation, anti-apartheid, and anti-colonial movements? guys im starting to think this chairman mao guy was a maoist.
@@sarojstha44 yea sure let us let him mis manage us some more.. i mean even in America they realised trump mismanaged covid and he lost... i wouldn't be surprised if Modi wins again.. what's 4 more years of modi showing Indians he doesn't give a fuck
I am Not an African...but I feel Africa needs these big projects BUT also needs to check the Mountain high debt. Only solution is don't start new projects...instead After completion of current projects Try hard to pay back all the loans. But building Infrastructure is better than Destroying it (wink wink USA)
well it is good cuz usa also would get involved, u could use them both as money printer, just like when the world use usa and soviet as money printer in cold war era, they poured so much money to gain influence
Finally someone read my mind, US is getting stupider and only focus on some problems in the world and distracted by their own issues, lol it’s so easy for me to see desperate people gel for each other, Most African Countries are desperate for help because they’re poor and China desperate to spread their power because they have money, I can predict all this things cause it’s so easy, and US is racist enough to not help African Countries at all, and this is why everything happened like how it is, I knew long ago debt will be Chinas Weapon, their main goal are easy to see, they want to be the world’s super power along with Russia and spreading communism, if they can advance to Africa, geogically its close to the US, and Europe, and to surround them, while US military only go around the Ocean, US don’t think about The Land like South America and Africa Continents where enemies can go close to the Western Countries, While Russia Surrounding Europe and US from the North and Continent of South America, Russia and China trying to control these land to get back at the US, they can build a nuclear missile in Africa/South America close enough to hit these western countries, not because China just is rich, The pandemic really is a distraction of the bigger picture of what is happening in China and by the way don’t be RACIST because I say all of these Ok. Chinese governments and Russian Governments are the one who did these not the people
@@tanweeralam1650 Africa need these infrastructures. With AI coming & a large young population, the manufacturing transfers from East Asia to Africa may not materialize. Doing nothing is the worst option.
I’ve known about this issue in Nigeria (and was aware of the negative implications) but I didn’t realize it was happening all over the continent. this was such a brief but helpful breakdown. thanks for covering this!
They also been selling motorcycles and other means of it personal transportation vehicles to the African people in masses. This is very very common in west Africa
@Joey Harper Yeah indeed, english is the 3th language I learned. I dont care how good or bad it was, I dont rely on that to earning a living. Did you make a wealthy life with your english?
First, we leased this port, not through aggression or unequal treaties. Second, we will build this port and improve the port’s infrastructure for free, which means that when we return the port to this country, it will be a usable port, rather than a "disused port." Third, this is a completely voluntary and equal transaction. There is no persecution by one party on the other. Fourth, we will not bomb you with our allies because you do not sell me oil.
@God الله Allah the Coronavirus was manufactured in China to be leaked outside to overwhelm other countries - an act of war. China is also fighting a war currently with India.
@@up3315 you know China was the first country hit by covid right? If you are the leader of China, will you drop the "manufactured virus" in your own country?
"The Chinese and African peoples throughout history have experienced almost similar situations. And today they have chosen to be on a journey together." Prers. Denis Sassou Nguesso
Don't start any new projects...after completion of current projects try to pay back all the loans. And train your workers to do the infrastructure building work
I think Africa and as an African myself we are living in an era full of opportunities for the continent to lift itself out of poverty just like how China against all odds transformed itself in the 80s up to now using the comparative advantage of cheap labour and low taxes that it had , it's up to us Africans to have the right institutions and the right people in those institutions to to use this situation to our advantage
At least the way China provides cooperation to Africa is fair and open. African people have the right to choose to agree or disagree. China has never aimed at you with an airplane or cannon like Western countries, and then tells you that you can choose to agree or disagree.
@@vibez2806 i hate china's political system as much as anyone does but in terms of relationships with African countries, China is miiiiiles better for now 1: they didn't kill any democratically elected leaders to replace them with dictators unlike the CIA has done in Congo in the 60s 2: their projects are actually well thought out and don't seem to be as harmful as some of the amazingly destructive hydroelectricity projects of Hydro-Québec International in senegal for example tl:dr while it's still early to say whether or not China being here is a good thing for africans (there's a good chance it will just make them more reliant on foreign countries than they already are which is a bad thing) it's still miles better than what the US has done
@@vibez2806 Nah, china is amateur compared to the west china give them money than western countries exploit their resource, support their dictactor and ruined their country through war
72% off all Kenya's debt is not owed to China. Only 10% or less off all Kenya's debt is owed to China. Majority is owed to the IMF and world bank and Kenya's private sector.
10% is still a HUGE amount to owe to a country on the other side of the planet. NO country does things purely for the other's benefit. Especially China It's like you people plugged your ears the whole video. China uses debt to coerce and blackmail countries into giving up information, taking certain positions in the UN, and publicly defending China in order to make China seem less evil in the world's eyes. They take natural resources and ocean docks. It's disgusting. It's turning African countries into slave countries, just like Europe did in the 1800's
No. It is just as horrible. They are giving them massive dept. Owing their resources. Back then people could fight back. Now they can't because it will be seen as doing disservice to the country's relation with China.
@@smithwerber414 no you fool, ever cared to read history? India's economy was one of the best in the world when the British arrived, and in today's terms, 45 Trillion dollars were stolen over a period of 2 centuries not to say the divided society and people, further divided. Don't comoare this shit to colonialism.
@@creativeschmuck8132 They are doing the same. Now instead of conquering the nation with army. They are doing it with debts. Instead of calling me fool ho and read history for yourself and stop trying to defend this shit.
Heck the US did this to Colombia as well. they funded a separatist movement in Panama which 130 yrs ago was part of Colombia, the rebels decided to revolt and demanded the province of panama become a sovereign nation which of course the US supported that decision. In return they offer Colombia some tiny islands off the coast of Nicaragua (which in those days was not liking the USA ways of doing business) they proceeded to built the canal and told panama they will own it for 99 yrs as well, The rest is history.
My high school history teacher told me about this topic, and he said to keep an eye on Africa and China for the next few decades, because it’s likely gonna be the biggest news of the future
As an African who has had mixed feelings about Chinese investments around the continent, thank you for shedding light and educating us on this. The situation is incredibly complicated but it seems like Africa will continue to struggle for the foreseeable future, like it has for the last 3 or so centuries
The real question should be why did the security team not catch these from the start, these are pretty routine processes in IT security. Also much of African struggle is actually quite simple, the drawn borders do not reflect natural boundaries nor culture groups, they were made to create conflict. Like what is happened in the Middle East.
Over population in China is mindblowing.. they might aswell migrate into africa soon... but i could see africa will be more developed than america in next 20 years after this investment... none of the western world did lend a hand now they are angry that china is making moves..
@@not-anon5359 search for the latest videos on the matter of china population, they have a problem at hands because of one child policy, i imagine they might need the African workforce in the future
way before him, Lord Palmerston said: "We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow"
While the Chinese media always say that the reason for this is to make friends, I know from the very start that it’s mostly based on Chinese national benefits, of course. There are no friends in international affairs, but only benefits.
@God الله Allah Uyghurs, fellow muslims are currently being detained and going through ethnic cleansing by the CCP. It sure isn't spreading external war and Chaos but if you combine the issues regarding Hong Kong, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan, Xinjiang, South China Sea, India and all the blackmailing of developing countries and manipulating them into debt; I would argue that China is potentially going to do more damage than good in the long term.
''There's no such thing as a free gift in international relations, everything has strings attached" this was exactly my thought when I saw the title of this video. That statement is so accurate, I see the reality of this regularly where I live (Costa Rica)
The real story about USA and British colonization when they came in they killed millions of people and they turn people into criminals warlords and Slavery's. You're just like them do not announce the help but wants to benefit from it. Maybe USA and British has a better way of giving gifts through slavery.
Africa has been looted without any infrastructure or growth by others. And China doesn’t obligate the countries to take debts. The main african’s debts does not to China. How can Africa grow then?
They both mean the same thing though. It's like how the Ivory Coast insists people call them cote d'ivoire. It's literally the same meaning, but in French.
FYI, Eswatini at 4:15, formerly named as Swaziland until 2018, which has no Chinese project, is the only African country without a formal diplomatic relationship with China instead they're the only African country recognizing the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, which basically explains the whole situation.
@@hilmynaufal4556 Taiwan is where the Chinese Nationalists fled from mainland China in the early 1900s after the Communist Chinese began to gain power. The US did not recognize the PRC until the 1970s, before then they recognized Taiwan as the true government of China.
Exactly. I was waiting for that too. Its probably one of the main reasons for all this so called help they are not only giving to Africa but around the world. Most of the Island nations in the South Pacific are in debt to China also.
Missed the most important thing about the bugs. When you bug people you get dirt on them from listening. Dirt that in most cases would land people in jail so you get a puppet for life. When those puppets are all diplomats it’s basically checkmate.
@@faisalnh2450 let's assume 3 decades from now complete Africa with a lot of third world countries have developed. The top dogs like america are on this repeat cycle find, use cheap labour, gain profit but now no cheap labour exists as every country is developed what will happen then? as everyone one would want to grow and if you want to make some place on a cliff that's full of people you've gotta push a couple of them down. I'm not even taking if the top dogs will let the power shift from their hands into consideration. There ain't gonna be a nuclear war but things are gonna get really dirty and I'm overlooking climate change.
The saying “ Beware Greeks bearing gifts” is applicable now as it was in the days of Troy. Let’s not forget that it is not only the Chinese that do this sort of shit.
but the question is whyafrican goverments accept debts that they won't be able to pay in future? they think soon will grow and be a strong economy able to pay debts?
Keeps asking what is China's motive, but he never really hits the mark. There are 3 types of motives for China. 1) short term economic motives involves exporting China's excessive construction capacities. These projects keeps the Chinese construction sector growing, all those constructions needs materials and expertise, a railroad projects requires concrete, steel, to the smallest things like seat covers or the fire extinguishers, all of these things can be bought from China. So China is using its massive US dollar foreign reserves to boost demand in Chinese goods and materials, but doing it abroad. This is seriously a smart move. 2) political motives, Africa as a continents has the most sovereign nations of all continents, 54. That's very useful in the UN general assembly. 3) long term economic goals. China seeks to develop Africa into a market for Chinese goods as well as capital goods, this needs to involve building up a stable supply chain for manufacturing in Africa. These economies would then need to buy Chinese machineries. Factories set up through Chinese investment, would also prioritize Chinese machineries and materials. This would create a symbiotic relationship between China and Africa. So the ultimate goal for China is to build up Africa, which is why the often touted, "debt trap" doesn't make any sense. China wants to make a good return in their investment, NOT hoping for the African country to default on its debt, something that hurts China financially. And would be detrimental to the long term goal of China in Africa.
Very well said! Falling into the debt trap is definitely the last thing that China wants to see happens on those countries. But there is a potential drawback. As the ecnomical tie between China and Africa gets stabler, the racial tension between two peoples will emerge since the human resources are more frequently exchanged. This is something that non-Chinese usually can't see. Chinese society is very conservative in terms of racial equality.
Thank you, an honest analysis unlike some stupid Westerners who demonize China and ignore that French, British and American foriegn policy is worse than what they try to paint China as. Some of them seem to forget that the IMF and World Bank require countries to privatize and pass austerity measures and when America doesn't like a leader they overthrow them or kill them off including the democratically elected ones such as Zelaya in Honduras in 2009. Then there's France that basically controls some African countries' currencies.
@@xingchenfan7923 This is some colonial mindset the Africans need to shed off. China is not their next colonial master. China is just trying to help Africans building up their own countries (with trade). Chinese and Africans should be equal, which means there's no reason for the Africans to want to immigrate to China. China is not trying to impose another racial class system world order, by wanting to become "Chinese" doesn't help the Africans climbing up the colonial racial hierarchy like they did with the westerners last times. If Africans truly believe in themselves and their country, they should put all their heart into building their country into a prosperous one, like China did. China has its own immense population problem and is not an immigrant country to begin with, so do not try to immigrate to China and that's really not part of China's offer.
I love how he understands that this is a powerful nation behavior, and directly addresses that America has also done the same or even worse actions. Having a broad perspective is important and valuable, especially nowadays.
I am Kenyan. The railway funding story is true. However I put all negative outcomes at the feet of Kenyan leaders and ultimately myself who chose these leaders. My fellow Africans, we need to frame our own narratives and not rely on other people's interpretation of events. Everyone including the US has massive Chinese debt. The problem we have in Kenya is we walk to the negotiating table like emasculated beings. This is a business relationship - they have capital , we have undeveloped high growth, high return industries. Nobody is going to help us including bleeding heart Americans with a woishe attitude towards us - they are annoying and super emasculating. We need to grow some balls and negotiate as true equals at the table. Chinese are not evil. Unchecked empires invading your land is evil. At least this time they are not holding a gun to our head. The British invaded us, decimated our institutions and left us with a confused identity - trauma which we are still trying to heal from. This time we have a choice on the terms of engagement.
I agree the British even looted India but I would say maan you have to build your nation on your own China is clearly building things FOR YOU this is not the waay, you may again go into the same trauma Love from India
@@spaceexplorer5481 but I don't think so if America has ever supported rebels group in India in order to exploit your home country like look at the situation for most African countries so it's rather to expand our economy with the debt rather than being held at gunpoint by western imperialists the positive side outweighs the negative side
I come from China. I think in addition to the reasons mentioned by the blogger. Another very important thing is that China has always had a trade surplus with Europe, the United States and other regions. The accumulated large amount of US dollars needs to find a region to digest the excessive issuance of low currency.
I just wrote my term paper on the relationship between China and Africa for my Intro to Africa contemporary course. I did so much research on this topic and its nice to see that others are interested in this too! Thank you for talking about African narrative that is often ignored
First of all, excuse the username, it's from a video game character i like. I am South African and this video shed some light on a cartoon illustration by Zapiro (famous South African cartoonist). There were 2 people in the picture: 1 was a Chinese official walking off with the continent of Africa in a wheelbarrow and the other person was the South African president counting the money he'd just gotten from the Chinese. The image NEVER left me and today...TODAY! I finally understand why it bothered me so heavily. Thanks for the vid
is he getting paid Chinese currency or U.S. currency in the comical depiction? I'm not sure BUT i think it takes a very lot of Chinese currency to equate to a U.S. dollar, but i'm not up to date on the current currency conversions.
@@hlgstowig9405 it literally doesn't matter. if the valuation of products are identical and the buying power is the same then the actual comparative value of nominal quantities of different currencies means absolutely nothing. if it costs $6 CAD or AUD to buy something thats $4 USD or 3 GBP or EUR, in each respective country and $6 CAD/AUD = $4 USD = 3 GBP/EUR, everyone is paying exactly the same price and the currencies and goods will continue to be interchangeable relative to its international value. if the average australian makes $90,000 AUD / year and the average american makes $30,000 USD a year when the currencies are $6 AUD = $4 USD, the average australian is making 2.2x more money than the average american. if things cost 2.2x more in australia, then the spending power of the australian will be the same as the american. P.S. i originally wanted to use $60,000 AUD as an easy in your head comparison, knowing it was slightly low, and $30,000 USD thinking it would be extremely low, then i checked and the australian salary is actually $90,000 and the us salary was pretty much correct. americans are just poor lol. also the exchange rate i used was slightly off because i was using pre covid numbers. its actually $6 AUD to $4.6 USD. i dont think things are 2.2x as expensive in australia as america (they are more expensive, just not 2.2x) so the buying power in australia is higher than america, irrespective of the value of the currency. that means an australian travelling to america with his AUD will be able to buy a lot more than an american travelling to australia with their USD.
Swaziland changed its name pretty recently to “Eswatini”, think it’s closer to the native Swazi name and to stop getting it confused with Switzerland, not sure how people got that confused tho not very similar
Nigeria & Niger SHOULD HAVE did the same DECADES ago! No "White" kids could attempt to pronounce their names, back in Middle/Elementary/Pre-K schools; without having their mouths washed out afterwards, some "Black" kids too.
The issue with Kenya's railway is simple. 1.We needed the infrastructure to support development. 2. The Chinese segregated themselves from Kenyans but we would have segregated ourselves from the Chinese workers all the same. 3. They built the railway because if it had been left to Kenyan contractors they would have inflated the price and cut corners on build quality In short it's better to hand over our ownership to the ports (if we default) but still have a chance to continue developing than to wait for the west to give us high interest loans and still own us. And lastly, don't forget that currently most of the major European ports are partially Chinese owned
@@DavidSmith-nx3zw it's funny how when you talk you're portraying your ignorance. If you knew anything you'd know that my surname is from one of the tribes in Kenya thus I'm qualified to talk about matters of my own country David Smith of the USA
There’s a saying in China called “想致富，先修路” which means “if you want to get rich, build roads first”. In very remote areas, people have a hard time going to school, going to work, going to the market or people from outside going in like doctors, supplies, etc. That’s why there’s a lot of road and railway investments.
@@whyareyouexisting7285 it’s just basic economics. Better road means quicker and easier transit. This allows for more time being productive hence higher productivity, gdp etc
@@whyareyouexisting7285 whats following that is “少生孩子多种树”, which means "have less kids and plant more trees" lol. it reflects one-child policy and environmental protection
@@christinezhang8932 i mean there's nothing wrong with it tho, when I see my country i.e. Pakistan, overpopulation is one of the biggest concerns. There's only so much land.
@@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery technically, due to physics, no moment is the same as any before or after it. Every second is unique. So although society simplifies it and says “history repeats itself” no series of events can be the same, so the OP is correct; it rhymes.
Finally ! This is such an overdue video on a topic that people in the west should know. As a Chinese person I’ve known about this for many years now but frustrated that no one outside China and Africa knows about it
I don’t think there has been a lot of coverage because people are waiting for the other shoe to drop. For the most part these projects have been a tremendous boon to their African countries, and so far China has been extremely generous with low interest rates allowing payback deferrals and often loan forgiveness. People are waiting to see if China is attempting to build partnerships like the US Marshal plan or attempting to act like a imperial power like the US did in South America.
Centuries of Western colonialism and imperialism in Africa has yielded NO benefit to Africans. Only the colonialists have benefited. It happened to China and India too.
@@sorrybro4890 but at least they take and give, as opposed to the West. Africans have a blessed continent. We have all we need, all we care is about stability, and we don’t have it cuz we’re part of a global system that only cares about fckng us up.
@@meocean5499 bro the Chinese are so racist to extend that they open only Chinese restaurants in African countries Like wtf if you hate black people just don’t come Same for arabs and Indians
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Can we actually get a video about the subject you brought up about how the U.S projected its power over the years 12:40.I’d love to see the details about each step that took us to where we are now.
If he doesn't end up making something along these lines, listen to the podcast Behind the Bastards. It's not really about that but they shed some light on some lesser known parts of history regularly.
@@mnorth1351 The US does this, but if they wanted to spy on one of these nations they wouldn’t have a server connect to the US directly, they would have it connect to a local proxy first. It shifts the blame if they get caught and it looks less suspicious. The US military builds infrastructure in other countries all the time, and the CIA has setup front businesses in other countries just to have a foothold in order to run espionage rings. That’s nothing compared to Russian/Soviet espionage though. Russia has always run circles around the US when it comes to espionage, but we will see if that’s still true in 50 years when espionage campaigns get declassified. Now that espionage has become so tied to hacking it is really a matter of who is willing to throw the most money at the problem. Look at stuxnet. An attack that was almost certainly a joint operation between the CIA and Israeli intelligence.
Whatever their agenda is, at least China is helping in building Africa. Not like other countries who colonize poor countries and exploit their resources. Including human resources, by "SELLING" them as "SLAVE" (Just look at the entire history of Great America) This video is created out of extreme "jealousy". Definitely an American Jealousy.
I'm from Ethiopia and thank you for this very insightful message. Just minor comment: Swaziland and Cape Verde are officially called eSwatini and Cabo Verde respectively.
Should never change the Colonial name. It reminds us the good old time that we don't need to invest anything, we just send force to get resource and labor for free, plus we get to name it in our beautiful language. And to invest money in them!? are you kidding me, investment requires certain trust, we didn't even see them as equal human being to begin with.
It is more like a student loan rather than a credit card debt. The debts are not for some entertainment purpose. The debt are for infrastructure development, which is essential for local people to get rid of poverty. Yes, the goverment offer you a student loan to help you learn new skills so they can collect more tax from you in the end. But, IT'S A WIN-WIN.
@@xlli4276 Yeah I really wouldn't call this a win-win, so much as a win- not immediately lose. China definitely wins by holding leverage over these nations but these nations won't be winning in the future. Sure they get shiny new infrastructure but that infrastructure isn't really solving the big issues these countries are facing while simultaneously putting them into deep debt. China is basically doing everything the US has been doing for the past 70 years while simultaneously criticizing them for their international policy. They are easily the most hypocritical nation on earth, right up there with the US.
but if your credit card loan u the money and build the house for you to live in,, with Ac ,, LOL ? u don't think u should pay it back as term agreed ? please let me know what card company don't require pay back the money u borrowed ? i like to know one too ! christmas is only 6 months away !
You should do a story on all the 100+ year contracts/treaties that exist all around the world, they are truly fascinating, first one that comes to mind is Australia and the aboriginal people's.
1:If the Chinese government secretly installed a microphone and spyware is in that building, why is there no news report? 2：If the Chinese government does this, why do African countries still maintain good relations with China? 3：If Western countries are so kind, why not help Africa on a large scale, especially infrastructure, hospitals, schools, etc. 4：What did those countries that colonized Africa, Germany, France, Britain, and Belgium do for Africa? ? ? In addition to plundering resources. . . .
Thanks for the video. Yes it's a big concern and we have to keep our eyes open , but as an African, I think that what China is doing for Africa is better than the policy the west had on Africa. Given the fact the these mishaps are given the light , a solution will come forward. Thanks again 😊
I’m Congolese; debt is killing us Africans. Thank you for spreading awareness. Most Africans are ignorant to the Actual cost of dealing with China. Some countries like Botswana have smart leaders who negotiate mutually beneficial loans but for the rest of us with greedy leaders this is colonialism 3.0 not 2.0 because Neo colonialism is something that most African countries have not recovered from, we are still paying back the “debts” we owe to our former colonizers.
@@charismaticcatholic1 Cool. Did you know Ivory Coast is actually officially named Côte d'Ivoire? But good luck calling the Ivory Coast that unless you know French. Edit: apparently pronounced "Coat Dee vwah"
Kenya has quite a stable and diversified economy compared to what many nations think and is very able to pay the Chinese debts in full. If Kenya's economy has not fallen with all the embezzlement of funds, corruption and cartels in all the income generating sectors then trust me it won't fall coz of Chinese debts. The real problem with Kenya is corruption not China. China has even built infrastructure that has beneffited citizens across the board unlike western countries that focus on aid that ended in the pockets of the ruling class and financed dictators🇰🇪
True. Most countries that China invests in, (including mine), they usually invest in NECESSARY infrastructure projects. The loans aren't just sums of money handed out and then returned out of nowhere. They're invested in projects that result in ACTUAL, USEFUL infrastructure that a developing country needs. I think this Anti-China stuff is nothing but an attempt by our former colonisers to keep their control
@@TheMinimumPC Lol I love how you freak out when he makes a video on China's debt trap diplomacy. But are totally fine with 90% of the videos being about "How America stole X" for every diplomatic/commercial conflict.
west countries have been in Africa for ages and what they develop in Africa they left misery and poverty when they were kicked out.And now when China is building in Africa there is a problem , Chinese loans are not good suddenly and west is worried about African people. what a hypocrisy
@@draganpaunovic5596 No one was "kicked-out" - after WW2 European powers realized all the death and destruction they had caused, and the USSR/USA forced them to de-colonize. Moreover, the problem is not Chinese loans. The problem is China's unequal treaties of 99-year leases and sending military ships and submarines. For example, in Sri Lanka.
Johnny thank you so much for your videos. It's simple to watch in terms of vocabulary for people all around the world, plus you always choose supa interesting topics
1:If the Chinese government secretly installed a microphone and spyware is in that building, why is there no news report? 2：If the Chinese government does this, why do African countries still maintain good relations with China? 3：If Western countries are so kind, why not help Africa on a large scale, especially infrastructure, hospitals, schools, etc. 4：What did those countries that colonized Africa, Germany, France, Britain, and Belgium do for Africa? ? ? In addition to plundering resources. . . .
@@masterwong5568 1. It is how do you think he got this story you dipshit 2. They don’t you idiot they realize this is nothing but loan sharking and debt farming, African relations with China aren’t remaining friendly the only reason they appear to be is because China keeps building things that look good but are only going to build up more, and more debt. Building a reliance on Chinese goods so they become economically locked into a relationship with China. 3. No one said they were kind you scripted bot, those countries didn’t want western help they were left to develop on their own, and even if they got help it wouldn’t be free but you same bots would still go spamming 4. Wow thanks for stating the obvious you pile of 1 and 0. Quick counter question What’s China doing with its Muslim population? Whats China doing with Hong Kong? What happened in April 15th? What’s going on in the South China Sea. And I know you other bots are going to list western crimes back so here’s my conclusion. Why do countries looked at poorly by other countries or people don’t get involved in the internal affairs of said countries? Hmmmmm
@@danksanchez4324 are you African, from your username,em...i dont think so,so you not represent african 1:what china do to their muslim population??em....the xinjiang uigur muslim population from 5 millions (1978) to 12.5 million (2021) so ??what happen to american natives citizen untill today ??? 2:Hong Kong people like me are more safe and free to go out compare to last year without the roits
US and the UK has been there long enough, what has Africa gained from all the years there? Left Africa poorer. Atleast China providing win-win situations for African.
@@csifresno8302 There are some happy, and of course some are against. By enlarge most Africans aren’t against it, providing schools, infrastructure and jobs so people can prosper in the future is more important. Now the UK and US wants to counter China, why counter when they had plenty of time to provide africa? Africa was robbed by UK and US
I took that train from Nairobi to Mombasa in Kenya. Let me tell you the train ride was seamless! This was one of the best parts of visiting Mombasa. I did notice the significant population of business men and women of Chinese descent while riding the trains. There seems to be a hierarchy in the structure of jobs given to Chinese vs. Kenyans. That experience told me all I needed to know about the influence of China within Kenya.
Don't think I was ever so excited to watch one of your videos. Having grown up in Zambia was so curious about this! Thank you! So much of our infrustructure is built by China; roads, our new airport, tall buildings, hospitals and the mines.
Whatever their agenda is, at least China is helping in building Africa. Not like other countries who colonize poor countries and exploit their resources. Including human resources, by "SELLING" them as "SLAVE" (Just look at the entire history of Great America) This video is created out of extreme "jealousy". Definitely an American Jealousy.
As a Kenyan,dude you've captured the FRUSTRATION of the Kenyan people with SGR Train project perfectly. It's left us with more problems than solutions. And if I may add,it has killed the truck industry at the costal town of Mombasa,by forcing goods from the port to use the train alone. Now if you kill that industry, you single handedly kill easily more than 20 dotted towns and micro industries on the main highway to the rest of Kenya,Uganda and South Sudan. It's maddening. Great video.
technology will kill some jobs but also create new ones, the new ones create higher education, which the people of the nation will have to strive for. In return, the civilization progresses. If you want people to aspire to be a truck driver for the next 2-3 generation so be it. But building create engineers
When Admiral Cheng Ho huge fleet reach my ancestor land, my land is not being colonised. When British small gun ship come, suddenly the whole Indian continent become British ATM
When USA and west European countries come to my country Serbia in 1999 they come to bomb, destroy and killing many people. Now China come and build bridges, tunnels, roads which helping us to improve our economy. Yes, we have dept to China, but if we and African countries have money to pay that immediately, of course we would pay. Nobody force those countries to invite China to build those roads and trains. Our governments invite China to help us.
I'm a Ghanaian and I share an apartment with three Chinese people. I once asked them if they were planning to take over Ghana and they playfully said yes. It's crazy witnessing new people from china arrive each day turning my community into a Chinese community but at least we all live together as family. Most of them now speaks English and even Twi(a Ghanaian language) and some of us can speak some Chinese(mandarin) thanks to them
@@justinhenryrebel what else I'm supposed to do or feel？。fight them？hate them？I'd rather spread positivity and be friendly with them since I have no power to decide who lives where
@@Pengtao99they are not family, only a black people are family. Do you know they teach their kids to hate black people, theirs a video in the internet a Chinese woman teaching her daughter to hate black people and here you are calling them racist people family. Wake up
I´m from Cape Verde and China as done a shit ton for us and it´s very scary. A lot of small business are chinese owned, we have chinese cartoons on TV and students learn mandarin in highschool. They even made and intire college campus for us.
Wait, so you are complaining because they have "done a shit ton for us"?? Like...if somebody else does a shit ton of things "for" me, I would maybe, just maybe, show a little appreciation instead...
@@rithwikharapanahalli2031 the thing is that the poster is Chinese even though our countries aren't as developed as China we're better at speaking english and we're more emphatic, like they didn't have to be rude lol
I remember my mom and I were driving along sangotedo and there was a head board sign In Mandarin freaking MANDARIN ..... I mean it’s not like I have a problem with mandarin but it just gave me colonial vibes . Nigerian btw 🇳🇬
@@tearing9288 English a Lingua Franca that has taken the whole world... Chinese? not much, I know is a board sign so Chinese workers can understand where they are or the zone they are working at, but watch the video and see how some of them treat the coworkers, it's amazing how people don't know how racist some Chinese are... my man here has a very reasonable concern regarding his country and seeing how some bastards take the land to fuk you up through debt, to slave you through debt, then THAT is some colonial vibes. Btw I think you are a Wu Mao
the way he says "roads, trains, dams" as if they are nefarious... at least China isn't bombing and/or sanctioning countries in Africa and in the rest of the global south like the U.S.
😂😂😂😂you expect him to be happy when African countries are having faster trains than the US, how can he be happy knowing that he will no longer take photos with emaciated African kids in some famine stricken place because the Chinese are building dams and water systems that will enhance agriculture??
It's a debt trap. The countries are taking loans from China and by taking those loans they agree to hire a Chinese firm to build the infrastructure. China knows that these countries won't be able to pay off the debt so they make another agreement to lease the project off of the African country for 99 years. Basically taking over a section of the country for the price of the debt. This happened in Sri Lanka with a deep water harbor. They took a loan from China to build it, they couldn't pay it back, China took over the harbour and now it only employs Chinese workers and is used as a Chinese naval base.
@@davianoinglesias5030 He has just given facts. He also has mentioned US destroying other countries but seems like you are a Chinese guy who is using VPN to use RUclips . We all know wrong doings of US but China is not far behind US rather ahead now to destroy by Debt trap.
@@DiiloKaShooter It is only a debt trap if the loan given is not used in the intended projects. The Chinese are giving loans that are tied to projects so the money doesn't get embezzled,, the good thing about it is that the projects are completed and they start contributing to GDP growth and the loans can be easily serviced.
@@davianoinglesias5030 Bro I just want to give answer to my simple question. What's the point of building big and fast railways in the middle of nowhere in Africa where most of the people are below poverty line. If China really want to develop the Africa for the better world then they would have emphasize more on education and health infrastructure then railways and ports. I know ports and railways helps to boost the economy but before that there should be the products to be sold which most of the countries don't have the capacity to manufacture .The infrastructures build by the Chinese firms do so much environmental damage to the wildlife. I do agree some of the project by China have been great for some nations but look at the majority. China gives the load cuz they know the poor nation can't return it and they capture the land for decades and military bases there. I have been to Africa few years back and have seen some projects of China, Some were helping locals but most where there for no use. China claims to help those nations by building many infrastructure but most of them are rarely used. China had also leased Hambantota port for 99 years due to not being able to pay debts back. If China really wanted to help Sri Lankans then they would have given some more time but it wasn't the case. So, mate you got China quite wrong .
I have only one simple question: why doesn’t the U.S. go to Africa to build railways? Of course nothing is free (except ExpressVPN), everyone just exchanges what they need.
The US does help Africa with aid but it doesn't directly help Africa with infrastructural development for what ever reason. That Aid money mostly end up in the pockets of the corrupt few anyway. The Chinese are just Smarter in the way they do business with Africa.
Few reasons off the top of my head: 1. Africa is HUGE. The typical projection of it on a map does not do its size justice. 2. US is a car-centric country. We have railways for commerce, but not really that many for civilians like how Japan has, for instance. Only some big cities have a somewhat elaborate railway system. 3. We're already dealing with far too many infrastructure problems within our own country and no one agreeing on what to fund. 4. US tends to focus on projects that are instantly gratifying, unfortunately...
Well US has hard times in holding to its own economy and development, for instance their factories and workers. US has no engineers and most of them are foreigners. They cannot keep up with development in their own country and cannot do the same in other countries. China is doing what US did before, but they are not projecting their religion like US did in Africa. US comes and opens Christian schools and tells people to convert in order to get something in return. China only helps and does not implement anything onto them. Let's face it, The World Bank or EU Bank never gave these countries any money for development and China did, while building everything for free as well. So why not take it. Every country has debt and needs these projects. While developing with infrastructure, you will have more money and develop as a country, and you will be paying of China, not the World Bank,,,, and plus, you will always have an ally.
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I’m Nigerian and I know this is gonna be a big issue for Africa going forward. Thanks for shedding some light on this, love your videos!
Debt trap
:'(
You i feel sad for africa and how much its going through well because of china always thinking of expansion
Being in loan is better option for africa than Bombing cities and civilian in name of democracy ?
Tayo I love your travel stories...glad to find you on this channel..keep the good you are doing..
While I understand the game China is playing, I find the concern of the West for Africa as rather shallow and fake. It's not so much that the West cares about African people but rather feels threatened by a new rising player.
Well said. The west has never cared for the welfare for other countries or its people. It’s always had agendas even before the rise of Russia and China. Only now this “concern” for Chinese expansion is a last ditch and desperate effort to hold onto what little power they have left. Honestly I feel China as a world power might be a nice change. At least they don’t go around invading countries for oil.
Fuck USA.
@@hihihui1 Haha..will see. It doesn't seem like you've ever been to China, or know much about its politics really.
@@joemam12 All I know is they’re not as aggressive as the US. When was the last time China aggressively invaded another country under false pretences and word fucked it so it sounded justified?
Like I said happy with a change.
You rather they ignore it? Even if it's shallow and fake it's better than nothing.
Man 1: "Aww, you idiot, you fell in the quicksand. Gimme your hand before you drown and get me in trouble."
Man 2: "No, I don't want your help. You don't really care about me."
@@hihihui1 Lol..they just militarized the whole South China sea, relentless provocations against all nations in the seas around them, threaten Taiwan with war almost on a weekly basis, and rekindled the conflict with India (where people died) just last year--not to mention what it's done to its own people.
Is it as bad as the US invasions, no. But this situation isn't a "I like China" vs "I like the US" predicament. Both are quite flawed, but also have positives IMO. And if you take the position of "Country A: Good,, Country B: Bad", you're seriously missing so much about geopolitical dynamics.
What I always found extra fascinating is that Chinese investment and strategic diplomacy in Africa started under Chairman Mao, even before the country opened up and got rich. It helped lay the groundwork for what Johnny explained here. China's ability for playing the long game is impressive
well there werent that many countries left to build diplomatic ties with so they had to do it with africa
Andong How's it goin u legend
Really easy to play the long game when you're a dictatorship
wait what? its mindblowing
hmmmm "strategic diplomacy" in the poorest parts of the world? where there were flourishing liberation, anti-apartheid, and anti-colonial movements? guys im starting to think this chairman mao guy was a maoist.
What have Europe and the U.S done for Africa other than dividing, stealing, and making Africa poorer?
Swaziland is now called Eswatini because they want to stop being confused with Switzerland
They wished to be Switzerland haha
Dont change the name...educate the people...why is Switzerland not changing their name?
@@disrael2101 🤡
I just want to see how this thread progresses
@@disrael2101 GO ROCKETS!!!
Johnny: Nothing is free with no strings attached.
Also Johnny: So, here's the three months free of Express VPN.
But aayega to Modi hi!!
@@sarojstha44 Bhai yaha bhi😂😂....par Africa me aayega kyu?
@@sarojstha44 yea sure let us let him mis manage us some more.. i mean even in America they realised trump mismanaged covid and he lost... i wouldn't be surprised if Modi wins again.. what's 4 more years of modi showing Indians he doesn't give a fuck
Oh god
How about the strings attached to this free video?
Good one Johnny, an episode on Africa is always welcome.
I am Not an African...but I feel Africa needs these big projects BUT also needs to check the Mountain high debt. Only solution is don't start new projects...instead After completion of current projects Try hard to pay back all the loans.
But building Infrastructure is better than Destroying it (wink wink USA)
well it is good cuz usa also would get involved, u could use them both as money printer, just like when the world use usa and soviet as money printer in cold war era, they poured so much money to gain influence
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Finally someone read my mind, US is getting stupider and only focus on some problems in the world and distracted by their own issues, lol it’s so easy for me to see desperate people gel for each other, Most African Countries are desperate for help because they’re poor and China desperate to spread their power because they have money, I can predict all this things cause it’s so easy, and US is racist enough to not help African Countries at all, and this is why everything happened like how it is, I knew long ago debt will be Chinas Weapon, their main goal are easy to see, they want to be the world’s super power along with Russia and spreading communism, if they can advance to Africa, geogically its close to the US, and Europe, and to surround them, while US military only go around the Ocean, US don’t think about The Land like South America and Africa Continents where enemies can go close to the Western Countries, While Russia Surrounding Europe and US from the North and Continent of South America, Russia and China trying to control these land to get back at the US, they can build a nuclear missile in Africa/South America close enough to hit these western countries, not because China just is rich, The pandemic really is a distraction of the bigger picture of what is happening in China and by the way don’t be RACIST because I say all of these Ok. Chinese governments and Russian Governments are the one who did these not the people
@@tanweeralam1650 Africa need these infrastructures. With AI coming & a large young population, the manufacturing transfers from East Asia to Africa may not materialize. Doing nothing is the worst option.
I’ve known about this issue in Nigeria (and was aware of the negative implications) but I didn’t realize it was happening all over the continent. this was such a brief but helpful breakdown. thanks for covering this!
Balls
Spread it to your viewers so that everyone's aware please
Aware of WUMAOS
As kenyan one of the country China 'helps' build I had a feeling it would start causing problems.
They also been selling motorcycles and other means of it personal transportation vehicles to the African people in masses. This is very very common in west Africa
China: Just lease us this port for 99 years
Britain be like: That boy’s learning fast
@Joey Harper The Chinese are learning fast. They must have been watching the Americans and getting ideas.
Nah, they just pay their debts using their huge tool in the pants. The Chinese will go crazy for it.
@Joey Harper yeah, and you sound extremely have no idea what that sentences means. or you just playing fool when chocked.
@Joey Harper Yeah indeed, english is the 3th language I learned. I dont care how good or bad it was, I dont rely on that to earning a living. Did you make a wealthy life with your english?
First, we leased this port, not through aggression or unequal treaties.
Second, we will build this port and improve the port’s infrastructure for free, which means that when we return the port to this country, it will be a usable port, rather than a "disused port."
Third, this is a completely voluntary and equal transaction. There is no persecution by one party on the other.
Fourth, we will not bomb you with our allies because you do not sell me oil.
Africa has always been in debt by the IMF. At least China builds these infrastructure at a fast rate.
True, China anyway over the Europeans.
IMF is stealing money from the third world
@God الله Allah the Coronavirus was manufactured in China to be leaked outside to overwhelm other countries - an act of war. China is also fighting a war currently with India.
@@up3315 you know China was the first country hit by covid right? If you are the leader of China, will you drop the "manufactured virus" in your own country?
你真这么以为？😂@@up3315
"The Chinese and African peoples throughout history have experienced almost similar situations. And today they have chosen to be on a journey together." Prers. Denis Sassou Nguesso
Uhhh no I disagree with this completely 😂😂😂
China and Africa were once Great Civilizations and now they’ve been ruined.
@@nicholasrodriguez4990 Are you European?
While china progressed whit its hardships , china is now a world power .
Afrika on the otherhand regressed and didnt learn a thing .
@@Smellslikenarcspiritwere the chinese colonised?
In my native language Marathi there is a saying
"Swasta Te Mahag"
That means "Free stuff or Cheap turns out to be Expensive"
The only free cheese lies in the mousetrap.
Kharay bhau.
Yeah, we all have that saying, no matter the language
Ekdum khara bolalas mitra
Buy cheap buy twice
As a Nigerian, the impact of this is gonna be immense. Thanks for shedding light on it Johnny
Congratulations bro for inducting JF-17 || and there are reports that NAF is going to induct 12-15 more jet's
Nobody in Africa are aware of this?
dude
Don't start any new projects...after completion of current projects try to pay back all the loans.
And train your workers to do the infrastructure building work
Dont worry Nigerians, Phillippines is in the same boat.
I think Africa and as an African myself we are living in an era full of opportunities for the continent to lift itself out of poverty just like how China against all odds transformed itself in the 80s up to now using the comparative advantage of cheap labour and low taxes that it had , it's up to us Africans to have the right institutions and the right people in those institutions to to use this situation to our advantage
At least the way China provides cooperation to Africa is fair and open. African people have the right to choose to agree or disagree. China has never aimed at you with an airplane or cannon like Western countries, and then tells you that you can choose to agree or disagree.
@Ched Da china is literally just as bad as the west.
@@vibez2806 is this a joke?
@@vibez2806 i hate china's political system as much as anyone does but in terms of relationships with African countries, China is miiiiiles better for now
1: they didn't kill any democratically elected leaders to replace them with dictators unlike the CIA has done in Congo in the 60s
2: their projects are actually well thought out and don't seem to be as harmful as some of the amazingly destructive hydroelectricity projects of Hydro-Québec International in senegal for example
tl:dr while it's still early to say whether or not China being here is a good thing for africans (there's a good chance it will just make them more reliant on foreign countries than they already are which is a bad thing) it's still miles better than what the US has done
@@vibez2806 Nah, china is amateur compared to the west
china give them money than western countries exploit their resource, support their dictactor and ruined their country through war
Thanks China for showing America how to rule the world, not bomb the world.
Props to Johnny for having a cameraman on site in the server room with the IT staffer.
"you gotta look on a map" the moment you see a sparkling in johnny eyes
There is always a map on his narrative. I bet he has one of those sliding trays full of maps on his man cave.
72% off all Kenya's debt is not owed to China. Only 10% or less off all Kenya's debt is owed to China. Majority is owed to the IMF and world bank and Kenya's private sector.
This is an inconvenient truth
Not yet. They had a limit too.
and guess who's behind the World Bank? not China.
@@Klanmo who is behind World Bank?
10% is still a HUGE amount to owe to a country on the other side of the planet. NO country does things purely for the other's benefit. Especially China
It's like you people plugged your ears the whole video. China uses debt to coerce and blackmail countries into giving up information, taking certain positions in the UN, and publicly defending China in order to make China seem less evil in the world's eyes. They take natural resources and ocean docks. It's disgusting. It's turning African countries into slave countries, just like Europe did in the 1800's
This looks a million times civilized than what the British did in India or the French did in Algeria.
Yeah more like what British did in America or Americans did in Europe after WW2, or US debt colonization on Latin America.
Well those were colonies for empires
No. It is just as horrible. They are giving them massive dept. Owing their resources. Back then people could fight back. Now they can't because it will be seen as doing disservice to the country's relation with China.
@@smithwerber414 no you fool, ever cared to read history? India's economy was one of the best in the world when the British arrived, and in today's terms, 45 Trillion dollars were stolen over a period of 2 centuries not to say the divided society and people, further divided. Don't comoare this shit to colonialism.
@@creativeschmuck8132 They are doing the same. Now instead of conquering the nation with army. They are doing it with debts.
Instead of calling me fool ho and read history for yourself and stop trying to defend this shit.
What's funny is the trains in the US were also partially built by Chinese people
All those bits fell off years ago
"lend us your port for 99 years"
The UK in the background "wait a minute-"
The best part is, the Chinese is doing exactly what the western world did. But better at doing it
Same thing British empire did with know Nigeria.
The difference is that Britain got that one by using weapons, not by debt trapping.
Heck the US did this to Colombia as well. they funded a separatist movement in Panama which 130 yrs ago was part of Colombia, the rebels decided to revolt and demanded the province of panama become a sovereign nation which of course the US supported that decision. In return they offer Colombia some tiny islands off the coast of Nicaragua (which in those days was not liking the USA ways of doing business) they proceeded to built the canal and told panama they will own it for 99 yrs as well, The rest is history.
as a srilankan i am very unhappy about that too
"The Chinese government literally offered to install for them"
Comedy gold
I laughed so fucking hard when he said that. At least China has a sense of humour.
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@@chinthanaillukwatte lmao china has a deep enemy that US hates the most
Atleast the chinese are contributing positively in Africa unlike Americans and Europeans always trying to sell weapons instigating Wars
@@micbay7271 try harder wumao 🤡
My high school history teacher told me about this topic, and he said to keep an eye on Africa and China for the next few decades, because it’s likely gonna be the biggest news of the future
Clever teacher
@@UltimateEntity yep, I hope I got a history teacher like that
ive been screaming this for years, people look at me in there little tribe mentality and think im dumb.
basically china wants to be the next USA and are finding the next china for themselves lol
Wow as a south african that makes me feel bad🤧
China: Here’s $200M. But there’s a catch…
Africa: Aight.
Bruh! As a Nigerian that loves Johnnys content. I was 8hrs late for this gold.
Same here
As an African who has had mixed feelings about Chinese investments around the continent, thank you for shedding light and educating us on this. The situation is incredibly complicated but it seems like Africa will continue to struggle for the foreseeable future, like it has for the last 3 or so centuries
The real question should be why did the security team not catch these from the start, these are pretty routine processes in IT security.
Also much of African struggle is actually quite simple, the drawn borders do not reflect natural boundaries nor culture groups, they were made to create conflict. Like what is happened in the Middle East.
british came to india to trade, bear this in the mind.
Over population in China is mindblowing.. they might aswell migrate into africa soon... but i could see africa will be more developed than america in next 20 years after this investment... none of the western world did lend a hand now they are angry that china is making moves..
@@hitesh671 british traders also had private militaries twice the size of the actual british army, and they often used them. Bear this in mind.
@@not-anon5359 search for the latest videos on the matter of china population, they have a problem at hands because of one child policy, i imagine they might need the African workforce in the future
"No nation has friends only interests!" Charles de Gaulle
way before him, Lord Palmerston said: "We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow"
And bots to keep telling everyone it’s ok
@@javiersee8606 Very true
@@javiersee8606 yea Singapore still has interest you can be nuetral but you still have goals
That came from Disraeli, I believe.
atleast china is developing africa, i would take it a good deal
While the Chinese media always say that the reason for this is to make friends, I know from the very start that it’s mostly based on Chinese national benefits, of course. There are no friends in international affairs, but only benefits.
就这样
No eternal friends or enemies only eternal interests
You think it's not applicable to all businesses proposals all over the world?
@God الله Allah Uyghurs, fellow muslims are currently being detained and going through ethnic cleansing by the CCP. It sure isn't spreading external war and Chaos but if you combine the issues regarding Hong Kong, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan, Xinjiang, South China Sea, India and all the blackmailing of developing countries and manipulating them into debt; I would argue that China is potentially going to do more damage than good in the long term.
@Sordance very true, bro
''There's no such thing as a free gift in international relations, everything has strings attached" this was exactly my thought when I saw the title of this video. That statement is so accurate, I see the reality of this regularly where I live (Costa Rica)
The real story about USA and British colonization when they came in they killed millions of people and they turn people into criminals warlords and Slavery's.
You're just like them do not announce the help but wants to benefit from it. Maybe USA and British has a better way of giving gifts through slavery.
Africa has been looted without any infrastructure or growth by others.
And China doesn’t obligate the countries to take debts. The main african’s debts does not to China.
How can Africa grow then?
@@huitonghwang6594 sheeeeesh be polite or u gonna get wrecked in the street like all those asian
@@daquieshakeaundra2854 same to you
They used the same B's Europe used some African nations still paying debt to Europe they really don't owe
Swaziland is now officially called Eswatini. It was renamed in 2018.
That’s pretty cool. I had no clue
Plot twist : he made this video before happening that and he is uploading now.
Yeah I thought it was weird he kept calling it Swaziland
They both mean the same thing though. It's like how the Ivory Coast insists people call them cote d'ivoire. It's literally the same meaning, but in French.
They renamed it because people kept mixing it up with Switzerland
The usage of The Office clip is sending me. One of the best episodes of the show 😂
FYI, Eswatini at 4:15, formerly named as Swaziland until 2018, which has no Chinese project, is the only African country without a formal diplomatic relationship with China instead they're the only African country recognizing the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, which basically explains the whole situation.
respect Eswatini 👍🇸🇿
Why does it choose to recognize ROC rather than PRC?
@@hilmynaufal4556 Taiwan is where the Chinese Nationalists fled from mainland China in the early 1900s after the Communist Chinese began to gain power. The US did not recognize the PRC until the 1970s, before then they recognized Taiwan as the true government of China.
@@irenicrose I mean, why it doesn't recognize PRC since it could give economic benefit like projects, debt, etc? What are the benefits to choose ROC?
Taiwan numba one
I’m not sure why he hasn’t included the votes in the u.n the African nations are basically required to vote with China on all issues
Your comment needs more likes... This is a far too relevant and often forgotten fact.
Little info, China and most of the countries in Africa voted for that WHO guy, Tedros in 2017.
And look at what happened with COVID.
yep and see we will suffer the consequences
Of _course_ this has something to do with the UN.
Exactly. I was waiting for that too. Its probably one of the main reasons for all this so called help they are not only giving to Africa but around the world. Most of the Island nations in the South Pacific are in debt to China also.
Actually, Swaziland changed her name to Eswatini a few years back. Poor Swaziland can't get neither investment nor people call her name right :(
no1 cares
Africans are getting the name right, as for the others they are really irreverent at this point
@@Drekel Well people do care about Swaziland, considering the video is partly centred around it.
@@Drekel when you don't have anything good to say, you're better off shutting your mouth
@@lanreo-k9o this video is basically about bashing china.
Great channel, keep the good work!
I would have laughed if you said " I'd like to talk about the sponsor of today's video..CHINA"
You know what? I saw an ad for a Chinese mobile game right after so you are not far off.
@@PatchyE ads are controlled by youtube, but sponsored videos are the creator being paid by said sponsor
A video about the US would be worse then the one about China 🤣 Yeah ok guy... 🤡.
Would you? That's nice.
😂😂😂
Missed the most important thing about the bugs. When you bug people you get dirt on them from listening. Dirt that in most cases would land people in jail so you get a puppet for life. When those puppets are all diplomats it’s basically checkmate.
Am I the only one who thinks that a brutal war is about to hit us all?
@@person152 rest assured no one actually wanted a full scale war, because it will destroy all powerful's country global business.
I mean USA spied on its alies so not right but typical....
Superpower vibes
@@tevitasauqaqa4433 USA spies on everybody. The entire US government has a voyeur fetish.
@@faisalnh2450 let's assume 3 decades from now complete Africa with a lot of third world countries have developed. The top dogs like america are on this repeat cycle find, use cheap labour, gain profit but now no cheap labour exists as every country is developed what will happen then? as everyone one would want to grow and if you want to make some place on a cliff that's full of people you've gotta push a couple of them down. I'm not even taking if the top dogs will let the power shift from their hands into consideration. There ain't gonna be a nuclear war but things are gonna get really dirty and I'm overlooking climate change.
The saying “ Beware Greeks bearing gifts” is applicable now as it was in the days of Troy. Let’s not forget that it is not only the Chinese that do this sort of shit.
also，“Thanks ExpressVPN for sponsoring today’s video.”under the video，ExpressVPN may know more about the “gift”.
拜登：每年拨款3亿美元“搞臭中国”
but the question is whyafrican goverments accept debts that they won't be able to pay in future? they think soon will grow and be a strong economy able to pay debts?
This is definitely not slavery, so there's that. Africa needs to get their priorities aligned and enforce regulation
@@fdasfsjgasdfwe what chinese goverment does is strategy not gifts, you say west put spies but what China did in african goverment buildings?
Please DO make more videos on China ! Loving your content
Keeps asking what is China's motive, but he never really hits the mark. There are 3 types of motives for China.
1) short term economic motives involves exporting China's excessive construction capacities. These projects keeps the Chinese construction sector growing, all those constructions needs materials and expertise, a railroad projects requires concrete, steel, to the smallest things like seat covers or the fire extinguishers, all of these things can be bought from China.
So China is using its massive US dollar foreign reserves to boost demand in Chinese goods and materials, but doing it abroad. This is seriously a smart move.
2) political motives, Africa as a continents has the most sovereign nations of all continents, 54. That's very useful in the UN general assembly.
3) long term economic goals. China seeks to develop Africa into a market for Chinese goods as well as capital goods, this needs to involve building up a stable supply chain for manufacturing in Africa. These economies would then need to buy Chinese machineries.
Factories set up through Chinese investment, would also prioritize Chinese machineries and materials. This would create a symbiotic relationship between China and Africa.
So the ultimate goal for China is to build up Africa, which is why the often touted, "debt trap" doesn't make any sense. China wants to make a good return in their investment, NOT hoping for the African country to default on its debt, something that hurts China financially. And would be detrimental to the long term goal of China in Africa.
Very well said! Falling into the debt trap is definitely the last thing that China wants to see happens on those countries. But there is a potential drawback. As the ecnomical tie between China and Africa gets stabler, the racial tension between two peoples will emerge since the human resources are more frequently exchanged. This is something that non-Chinese usually can't see. Chinese society is very conservative in terms of racial equality.
Thank you, an honest analysis unlike some stupid Westerners who demonize China and ignore that French, British and American foriegn policy is worse than what they try to paint China as. Some of them seem to forget that the IMF and World Bank require countries to privatize and pass austerity measures and when America doesn't like a leader they overthrow them or kill them off including the democratically elected ones such as Zelaya in Honduras in 2009. Then there's France that basically controls some African countries' currencies.
这个评论是最正确的中国目的
@@linusmayden84650:00 Spot on.
@@xingchenfan7923 This is some colonial mindset the Africans need to shed off. China is not their next colonial master. China is just trying to help Africans building up their own countries (with trade). Chinese and Africans should be equal, which means there's no reason for the Africans to want to immigrate to China. China is not trying to impose another racial class system world order, by wanting to become "Chinese" doesn't help the Africans climbing up the colonial racial hierarchy like they did with the westerners last times. If Africans truly believe in themselves and their country, they should put all their heart into building their country into a prosperous one, like China did. China has its own immense population problem and is not an immigrant country to begin with, so do not try to immigrate to China and that's really not part of China's offer.
"Solving African problems the African way" ~ that's the catch
haha
They need the colonial European way, no debt, just keep providing slave labors and resource for the west.
@@jaymarx They still have slaves in parts of Africa.
@jaymarx exploitation is exploitation....however you slice it.
So.... if the Caribean is the back yard of the U.S. the Chinese will get a Back Yard in Africa?
I love how he understands that this is a powerful nation behavior, and directly addresses that America has also done the same or even worse actions. Having a broad perspective is important and valuable, especially nowadays.
True👍👍👍👍👍
Absolutely!
Trutru
Im a little more okay when America does it.
…I’m American. :D lol
Absolutely right
Thank you for this video, I first saw a video about this back on Facebook back 2013.
The map animations starting at 4:16 really get me going. Had to go back and rewatch. Nice work as always Johnny.
Dude you uploaded twice this week,thanks so much
Thanks creator
Absolutely. Give credit to Christ
He always uploads twice a week !
Johnny has been always a good creator since vox
@@boii6569 nah...... he’s been shįt
I am Kenyan. The railway funding story is true. However I put all negative outcomes at the feet of Kenyan leaders and ultimately myself who chose these leaders. My fellow Africans, we need to frame our own narratives and not rely on other people's interpretation of events.
Everyone including the US has massive Chinese debt. The problem we have in Kenya is we walk to the negotiating table like emasculated beings.
This is a business relationship - they have capital , we have undeveloped high growth, high return industries.
Nobody is going to help us including bleeding heart Americans with a woishe attitude towards us - they are annoying and super emasculating.
We need to grow some balls and negotiate as true equals at the table.
Chinese are not evil. Unchecked empires invading your land is evil. At least this time they are not holding a gun to our head.
The British invaded us, decimated our institutions and left us with a confused identity - trauma which we are still trying to heal from.
This time we have a choice on the terms of engagement.
Well said. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
Very well said. This video heavily implied that African nations have no choice but to go into business with China which obviously isn't true.
Well said. They are giving a win-win formula unlike supporting rebel groups which it's only negative to us
I agree the British even looted India but I would say maan you have to build your nation on your own
China is clearly building things FOR YOU this is not the waay, you may again go into the same trauma
Love from India
@@spaceexplorer5481 but I don't think so if America has ever supported rebels group in India in order to exploit your home country like look at the situation for most African countries so it's rather to expand our economy with the debt rather than being held at gunpoint by western imperialists the positive side outweighs the negative side
I come from China. I think in addition to the reasons mentioned by the blogger. Another very important thing is that China has always had a trade surplus with Europe, the United States and other regions. The accumulated large amount of US dollars needs to find a region to digest the excessive issuance of low currency.
I just wrote my term paper on the relationship between China and Africa for my Intro to Africa contemporary course. I did so much research on this topic and its nice to see that others are interested in this too! Thank you for talking about African narrative that is often ignored
If you finish your research, will you release it?
I wish you do
Cool, out of curiosity are you from out of Africa or in it?
@@malachaiuys711 in africa
I'm from Zimbabwe🇿🇼
Nice bro, i would like to read
First of all, excuse the username, it's from a video game character i like.
I am South African and this video shed some light on a cartoon illustration by Zapiro (famous South African cartoonist). There were 2 people in the picture: 1 was a Chinese official walking off with the continent of Africa in a wheelbarrow and the other person was the South African president counting the money he'd just gotten from the Chinese.
The image NEVER left me and today...TODAY! I finally understand why it bothered me so heavily.
Thanks for the vid
is he getting paid Chinese currency or U.S. currency in the comical depiction?
I'm not sure BUT i think it takes a very lot of Chinese currency to equate to a U.S. dollar,
but i'm not up to date on the current currency conversions.
@@hlgstowig9405 I think it was 6 yuan to the dollar last time I was in mainland China
@@hlgstowig9405 I honestly have no recollection of what currency the president was holding. It was a years ago that cartoon strip was made.
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@@hlgstowig9405 it literally doesn't matter. if the valuation of products are identical and the buying power is the same then the actual comparative value of nominal quantities of different currencies means absolutely nothing. if it costs $6 CAD or AUD to buy something thats $4 USD or 3 GBP or EUR, in each respective country and $6 CAD/AUD = $4 USD = 3 GBP/EUR, everyone is paying exactly the same price and the currencies and goods will continue to be interchangeable relative to its international value. if the average australian makes $90,000 AUD / year and the average american makes $30,000 USD a year when the currencies are $6 AUD = $4 USD, the average australian is making 2.2x more money than the average american. if things cost 2.2x more in australia, then the spending power of the australian will be the same as the american.
P.S. i originally wanted to use $60,000 AUD as an easy in your head comparison, knowing it was slightly low, and $30,000 USD thinking it would be extremely low, then i checked and the australian salary is actually $90,000 and the us salary was pretty much correct. americans are just poor lol. also the exchange rate i used was slightly off because i was using pre covid numbers. its actually $6 AUD to $4.6 USD. i dont think things are 2.2x as expensive in australia as america (they are more expensive, just not 2.2x) so the buying power in australia is higher than america, irrespective of the value of the currency. that means an australian travelling to america with his AUD will be able to buy a lot more than an american travelling to australia with their USD.
I see Johnny Harris video, l click
Me too XD
Literally
You should watch Jake Tran's videos on these kinds of things
Same here
same here
"…there’s no such thing as a free trip to Hawaii.” - Dave Chappelle 😂
Swaziland changed its name pretty recently to “Eswatini”, think it’s closer to the native Swazi name and to stop getting it confused with Switzerland, not sure how people got that confused tho not very similar
I was so put off by this oversight in the video. Johnny researches so well and looks at maps and history all day. How’d he miss this?
You’d be surprised. A place I worked at years ago always got those two mixed up and all I could think of was HOW?!
@@themarcusismael13 It was a recent thing, maybe part of his research on the African continent still mentioned the Swaziland name.
Nigeria & Niger SHOULD HAVE did the same
DECADES ago!
No "White" kids could attempt to pronounce their names,
back in Middle/Elementary/Pre-K schools;
without having their mouths washed out afterwards,
some "Black" kids too.
Ok
The issue with Kenya's railway is simple.
1.We needed the infrastructure to support development.
2. The Chinese segregated themselves from Kenyans but we would have segregated ourselves from the Chinese workers all the same.
3. They built the railway because if it had been left to Kenyan contractors they would have inflated the price and cut corners on build quality
In short it's better to hand over our ownership to the ports (if we default) but still have a chance to continue developing than to wait for the west to give us high interest loans and still own us.
And lastly, don't forget that currently most of the major European ports are partially Chinese owned
@Sassy Sim lol and command you to do business with it. if you say no, they start a war to force you into agreement,
@Sassy Sim 🤡
go away with your dirty money, commie bots
@@DavidSmith-nx3zw dirty money? Where do I sign up?
@@DavidSmith-nx3zw it's funny how when you talk you're portraying your ignorance. If you knew anything you'd know that my surname is from one of the tribes in Kenya thus I'm qualified to talk about matters of my own country David Smith of the USA
"Swaziland (Eswatini) is the only holdout from all of this"
_Sad Gambian Noises_
Swaziland - Switzerland
@@klapiny Swederland?
@@walterbrunswick swissland?
The Gambia doesn't have any Chinese investment because it's so small China didn't even notice it on the list of countries to influence.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 They probably might eventually try to tackle The Gambia with projects too
Awesome vid as always Johnny! 👍
There’s a saying in China called “想致富，先修路” which means “if you want to get rich, build roads first”. In very remote areas, people have a hard time going to school, going to work, going to the market or people from outside going in like doctors, supplies, etc. That’s why there’s a lot of road and railway investments.
Tell me more pls, how do u know of stuff like this?
I will pick Chinese over US and Europe
@@whyareyouexisting7285 it’s just basic economics. Better road means quicker and easier transit. This allows for more time being productive hence higher productivity, gdp etc
@@whyareyouexisting7285 whats following that is “少生孩子多种树”, which means "have less kids and plant more trees" lol. it reflects one-child policy and environmental protection
@@christinezhang8932 i mean there's nothing wrong with it tho, when I see my country i.e. Pakistan, overpopulation is one of the biggest concerns. There's only so much land.
History doesn't repeat itself, but damn it sure does love to rhyme.
😄🌻🥗🍥 Rice and shine 🍚
If you believe history isn't on repeat, your sorely lacking common knowledge.
You sure about that
@@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery technically, due to physics, no moment is the same as any before or after it. Every second is unique. So although society simplifies it and says “history repeats itself” no series of events can be the same, so the OP is correct; it rhymes.
History repeats itself a lot. Fuck mark twain
Finally ! This is such an overdue video on a topic that people in the west should know. As a Chinese person I’ve known about this for many years now but frustrated that no one outside China and Africa knows about it
@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER if he turns off his vpn he cant access internet (well except chinese but censored one)
@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER but, Nat Zhao is critiquing the CCP, not every Chinese person is a member of the CCP.
Are you real Chinese or Chinese American or Chinese in any other western nation
I don’t think there has been a lot of coverage because people are waiting for the other shoe to drop. For the most part these projects have been a tremendous boon to their African countries, and so far China has been extremely generous with low interest rates allowing payback deferrals and often loan forgiveness. People are waiting to see if China is attempting to build partnerships like the US Marshal plan or attempting to act like a imperial power like the US did in South America.
@@PLKartofel Why is that every racist person thinks a "Chinese person" automatically lives in China?
Bro speaks with some Chinese Hatred
How
“some”
Centuries of Western colonialism and imperialism in Africa has yielded NO benefit to Africans. Only the colonialists have benefited. It happened to China and India too.
@Sourav Dey uh...do they?
@Sourav Dey same for Chinese people
They look down on black people
@@sorrybro4890 but at least they take and give, as opposed to the West. Africans have a blessed continent. We have all we need, all we care is about stability, and we don’t have it cuz we’re part of a global system that only cares about fckng us up.
@@meocean5499 bro the Chinese are so racist to extend that they open only Chinese restaurants in African countries
Like wtf if you hate black people just don’t come
Same for arabs and Indians
We hate colonialism so much!!! THX~
I still can’t look at your hair the same way... how does it look so good without shampoo?!
I don’t use shampoo either; after a week it looks better
Ikr
Shampoo strips your hair of natural oils which-when in balance when you stop shampooing- (it can take a few weeks or even months) leave hair naturally soft and healthy. You have to do it gradually over time to make the transition. Even if you only wash your hair once a seek, that's a start.
I haven't used shampoo since a week after that video came out, just use hot water and give it a good clean. My hair looks great and genuinely my scalp isn't as dry and flakey. Can't quite believe it and feel great!!
Well he probably does not work some filthy and sweaty labor?
Can we actually get a video about the subject you brought up about how the U.S projected its power over the years 12:40.I’d love to see the details about each step that took us to where we are now.
If he doesn't end up making something along these lines, listen to the podcast Behind the Bastards. It's not really about that but they shed some light on some lesser known parts of history regularly.
he has a few on us and how it got land from Mexico and hawaii.
Mexico is probably going to do the biggest victim in that video. I'm hoping it comes out sooner or later. Very interesting topics!
Each step? U want a 64 ep Netflix series?
@@matthew9867 link to podcast episodes?
so Clear and vocal about China, only if you were vocal about israel and america
They won't snitch on their own partners in crime.😂
That IT person must have been so proud if a new employee. If old, then it must have been such an oh shit moment
does usa also do the same? Jhonny said that but I don't know
I don't think the US does the same. The US would be a bit more subtle; if they needed to spy on someone they would send a CIA agent.
It's literally their job. My dad's a network systems engineer. This is literally what they do.
@@mnorth1351 The US does this, but if they wanted to spy on one of these nations they wouldn’t have a server connect to the US directly, they would have it connect to a local proxy first. It shifts the blame if they get caught and it looks less suspicious. The US military builds infrastructure in other countries all the time, and the CIA has setup front businesses in other countries just to have a foothold in order to run espionage rings. That’s nothing compared to Russian/Soviet espionage though. Russia has always run circles around the US when it comes to espionage, but we will see if that’s still true in 50 years when espionage campaigns get declassified. Now that espionage has become so tied to hacking it is really a matter of who is willing to throw the most money at the problem. Look at stuxnet. An attack that was almost certainly a joint operation between the CIA and Israeli intelligence.
Whatever their agenda is, at least China is helping in building Africa.
Not like other countries who colonize poor countries and exploit their resources.
Including human resources, by "SELLING" them as "SLAVE"
(Just look at the entire history of Great America)
This video is created out of extreme "jealousy".
Definitely an American Jealousy.
I'm from Ethiopia and thank you for this very insightful message. Just minor comment: Swaziland and Cape Verde are officially called eSwatini and Cabo Verde respectively.
It's Cape Verde in English though. Just like Cote d'Ivoire's official name is that, their English name is Ivory Coast.
Should never change the Colonial name. It reminds us the good old time that we don't need to invest anything, we just send force to get resource and labor for free, plus we get to name it in our beautiful language. And to invest money in them!? are you kidding me, investment requires certain trust, we didn't even see them as equal human being to begin with.
@@jaymarx Are you a Chinese bot?
Brothers in Africa, look at your map. Do you wonder why the borders of your country are straight?
This channel is an anti China Channel funded by the United States
So China is like that friendly credit card company that will always be there for you.
@James Bond What?
But they may spy on you xD
It is more like a student loan rather than a credit card debt. The debts are not for some entertainment purpose. The debt are for infrastructure development, which is essential for local people to get rid of poverty. Yes, the goverment offer you a student loan to help you learn new skills so they can collect more tax from you in the end. But, IT'S A WIN-WIN.
@@xlli4276 Yeah I really wouldn't call this a win-win, so much as a win- not immediately lose. China definitely wins by holding leverage over these nations but these nations won't be winning in the future. Sure they get shiny new infrastructure but that infrastructure isn't really solving the big issues these countries are facing while simultaneously putting them into deep debt. China is basically doing everything the US has been doing for the past 70 years while simultaneously criticizing them for their international policy. They are easily the most hypocritical nation on earth, right up there with the US.
but if your credit card loan u the money and build the house for you to live in,, with Ac ,, LOL ? u don't think u should pay it back as term agreed ? please let me know what card company don't require pay back the money u borrowed ? i like to know one too ! christmas is only 6 months away !
So atleast they are helping africa
The country is no longer called "Swaziland". In 2018 they changed their name to "Eswatini".
Word?
@@DialloMoore503 Yeah but it more or less still means the same thing it’s just is now in it’s traditional language
You should do a story on all the 100+ year contracts/treaties that exist all around the world, they are truly fascinating, first one that comes to mind is Australia and the aboriginal people's.
I just did a video on that for school
Are you confused with New Zealand ? Or a particular Australian state? There wasn’t a sole representative body to negotiate a treaty with in Australia.
I'm pretty sure Australia has no treaty with indigenous peoples
There is no formal treaty between the Australian government and the Australian indigenous
1:If the Chinese government secretly installed a microphone and spyware is in that building, why is there no news report?
2：If the Chinese government does this, why do African countries still maintain good relations with China?
3：If Western countries are so kind, why not help Africa on a large scale, especially infrastructure, hospitals, schools, etc.
4：What did those countries that colonized Africa, Germany, France, Britain, and Belgium do for Africa? ? ? In addition to plundering resources. . . .
Thanks for the video. Yes it's a big concern and we have to keep our eyes open , but as an African, I think that what China is doing for Africa is better than the policy the west had on Africa. Given the fact the these mishaps are given the light , a solution will come forward. Thanks again 😊
China started this around 2010 or even before that so I'm surprised people only recently started talking about it
I love your journalism Johnny Harris.
That Kenyan railway is literally an episode of The Simpsons, “Marge vs. the Monorail”
Xi Jinping: "Why I've built Monorails in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Meru and by gum it put them on the map!"
可以把这个铁路捣毁掉，把中国在非洲建造的建筑都捣毁掉，欢迎美国的军队给你们送来民主和战争。
@@haiwang2857 "We can smash this railway and destroy all the buildings built in Africa. Welcome the American army to send you democracy and war"...
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Holy shit, exactly!
it happens with roads and so much other shit in Africa. its so sad. its normal people that suffer
Imagine having a teacher like him in school, schooling will be so fun!!!!
And biased also
@@dopegod987 i feel like he will be less biased than most teachers, considering he usually brings up the points that are against is opinions.
@@dopegod987 How is he biased? Johnny is one of the best reporters.
He would get sacked immediately
Would*
I’m Congolese; debt is killing us Africans. Thank you for spreading awareness. Most Africans are ignorant to the Actual cost of dealing with China. Some countries like Botswana have smart leaders who negotiate mutually beneficial loans but for the rest of us with greedy leaders this is colonialism 3.0 not 2.0 because Neo colonialism is something that most African countries have not recovered from, we are still paying back the “debts” we owe to our former colonizers.
how many african lifes have we killed so far? Im actually curious about your sources
please do reply me with your sources
Wow, that was a very informative, revealing and intelligent comment. You covered so much in just a couple of paragraphs.
China aren't debt-trapping like the West does though, they also frequent forgive massive loans given to African countries.
@@kristoffer3000 Because it's Covid times
China gives Africans good roads. Good hospital. Good airport. What did you guys give the Africans when you were there?
Ideology
Bruh. The West also build railways, ports and infrastructure in Africa too.
4:13 It's name was changed to Eswatini in 2018!
Greetings from Germany love your stuff
Yeah I came here to comment this, too. It's important to call countries what they ask to be called, let's be respectful of that!
@@charismaticcatholic1 Cool. Did you know Ivory Coast is actually officially named Côte d'Ivoire? But good luck calling the Ivory Coast that unless you know French.
Edit: apparently pronounced "Coat Dee vwah"
Merci! Yes, basically Ivory Coast in French, but not too difficult to pronounce upon hearing, though more so for many English speakers upon reading.
Kenya has quite a stable and diversified economy compared to what many nations think and is very able to pay the Chinese debts in full. If Kenya's economy has not fallen with all the embezzlement of funds, corruption and cartels in all the income generating sectors then trust me it won't fall coz of Chinese debts. The real problem with Kenya is corruption not China. China has even built infrastructure that has beneffited citizens across the board unlike western countries that focus on aid that ended in the pockets of the ruling class and financed dictators🇰🇪
True. Most countries that China invests in, (including mine), they usually invest in NECESSARY infrastructure projects. The loans aren't just sums of money handed out and then returned out of nowhere. They're invested in projects that result in ACTUAL, USEFUL infrastructure that a developing country needs. I think this Anti-China stuff is nothing but an attempt by our former colonisers to keep their control
@@TheMinimumPC Lol I love how you freak out when he makes a video on China's debt trap diplomacy. But are totally fine with 90% of the videos being about "How America stole X" for every diplomatic/commercial conflict.
west countries have been in Africa for ages and what they develop in Africa they left misery and poverty when they were kicked out.And now when China is building in Africa there is a problem , Chinese loans are not good suddenly and west is worried about African people. what a hypocrisy
@@draganpaunovic5596 No one was "kicked-out" - after WW2 European powers realized all the death and destruction they had caused, and the USSR/USA forced them to de-colonize. Moreover, the problem is not Chinese loans. The problem is China's unequal treaties of 99-year leases and sending military ships and submarines. For example, in Sri Lanka.
China knows about the corruption problem before giving the loans
Sounds like China is doing exactly what the US does, but without needless wars.
Definitely
Yeah exactly
Something tells me the wars are coming :(
Your body belongs to China
@@sandman4663 hopefully it’s a cold one
Johnny thank you so much for your videos. It's simple to watch in terms of vocabulary for people all around the world, plus you always choose supa interesting topics
Johnny "to understand this better, we need to look at a map" Harris
Excellent idea.
1:If the Chinese government secretly installed a microphone and spyware is in that building, why is there no news report?
2：If the Chinese government does this, why do African countries still maintain good relations with China?
3：If Western countries are so kind, why not help Africa on a large scale, especially infrastructure, hospitals, schools, etc.
4：What did those countries that colonized Africa, Germany, France, Britain, and Belgium do for Africa? ? ? In addition to plundering resources. . . .
@@masterwong5568 botsss
@@masterwong5568
1. It is how do you think he got this story you dipshit
2. They don’t you idiot they realize this is nothing but loan sharking and debt farming, African relations with China aren’t remaining friendly the only reason they appear to be is because China keeps building things that look good but are only going to build up more, and more debt. Building a reliance on Chinese goods so they become economically locked into a relationship with China.
3. No one said they were kind you scripted bot, those countries didn’t want western help they were left to develop on their own, and even if they got help it wouldn’t be free but you same bots would still go spamming
4. Wow thanks for stating the obvious you pile of 1 and 0.
Quick counter question
What’s China doing with its Muslim population?
Whats China doing with Hong Kong?
What happened in April 15th?
What’s going on in the South China Sea.
And I know you other bots are going to list western crimes back so here’s my conclusion. Why do countries looked at poorly by other countries or people don’t get involved in the internal affairs of said countries? Hmmmmm
@@danksanchez4324 are you African, from your username,em...i dont think so,so you not represent african
1:what china do to their muslim population??em....the xinjiang uigur muslim population from 5 millions (1978) to 12.5 million (2021) so ??what happen to american natives citizen untill today ???
2:Hong Kong people like me are more safe and free to go out compare to last year without the roits
US and the UK has been there long enough, what has Africa gained from all the years there? Left Africa poorer. Atleast China providing win-win situations for African.
I think the point is that Africans don’t want anyone manipulating them anymore, the Chinese or the west
@@csifresno8302 There are some happy, and of course some are against. By enlarge most Africans aren’t against it, providing schools, infrastructure and jobs so people can prosper in the future is more important. Now the UK and US wants to counter China, why counter when they had plenty of time to provide africa? Africa was robbed by UK and US
@@csifresno8302 However what you think is wrong.
@@gouriguge8532 🤖
@@csifresno8302 then why let the Chinese build a cross country high speed rail and train ?
I took that train from Nairobi to Mombasa in Kenya. Let me tell you the train ride was seamless! This was one of the best parts of visiting Mombasa. I did notice the significant population of business men and women of Chinese descent while riding the trains. There seems to be a hierarchy in the structure of jobs given to Chinese vs. Kenyans. That experience told me all I needed to know about the influence of China within Kenya.
Maybe can you have a better chance with USA and British 😆
I think the people that fund your rebel and terrorist groups have your best interest in minds.
@@赛套 I am American so there is that...
@@redvelvetcakeYUM ha no you’re not
@@赛套 yeah I bet that billions of dollars of 70% owed (Chinese) debt is gonna disappeared
I wonder how India reacted to China's acquisition of Hambantota Port
😂 China NEVER took possession of the Port . Get your facts right.
Jealous and heart breaking
Don't think I was ever so excited to watch one of your videos. Having grown up in Zambia was so curious about this! Thank you! So much of our infrustructure is built by China; roads, our new airport, tall buildings, hospitals and the mines.
thats many
Good luck paying it off. Side note, love Victoria falls in Livingstone absolute treasure of place.
Thats good actually
Whatever their agenda is, at least China is helping in building Africa.
Not like other countries who colonize poor countries and exploit their resources.
Including human resources, by "SELLING" them as "SLAVE"
(Just look at the entire history of Great America)
This video is created out of extreme "jealousy".
Definitely an American Jealousy.
@@westerntrend I don't think it's American jealousy considering he's criticized the US many times before. He's just toooo harsh on China.
As a Kenyan,dude you've captured the FRUSTRATION of the Kenyan people with SGR Train project perfectly. It's left us with more problems than solutions. And if I may add,it has killed the truck industry at the costal town of Mombasa,by forcing goods from the port to use the train alone. Now if you kill that industry, you single handedly kill easily more than 20 dotted towns and micro industries on the main highway to the rest of Kenya,Uganda and South Sudan. It's maddening. Great video.
We need more Africans like you to speak out publicly about what is happening so the international community can understand.
Man didnt even think of that but that makes a lot of sense. What would be the best way forward you reckon?
Talk about the white U.S dropping bombs and funding Islamic militants in Africa
@@bazle64 Sources?
technology will kill some jobs but also create new ones, the new ones create higher education, which the people of the nation will have to strive for. In return, the civilization progresses. If you want people to aspire to be a truck driver for the next 2-3 generation so be it. But building create engineers
When Admiral Cheng Ho huge fleet reach my ancestor land, my land is not being colonised. When British small gun ship come, suddenly the whole Indian continent become British ATM
Hello how are you doing
@@memelyshorts643
Yes european colonizers really well made some friends with african people, when treated them in world class standards.
Yes, watch serpentza for the lowdown on China. From South Africa, lived in China more than a decade, now lives in California.
India isnt a continent
When USA and west European countries come to my country Serbia in 1999 they come to bomb, destroy and killing many people. Now China come and build bridges, tunnels, roads which helping us to improve our economy. Yes, we have dept to China, but if we and African countries have money to pay that immediately, of course we would pay. Nobody force those countries to invite China to build those roads and trains. Our governments invite China to help us.
I'm a Ghanaian and I share an apartment with three Chinese people. I once asked them if they were planning to take over Ghana and they playfully said yes. It's crazy witnessing new people from china arrive each day turning my community into a Chinese community but at least we all live together as family. Most of them now speaks English and even Twi(a Ghanaian language) and some of us can speak some Chinese(mandarin) thanks to them
Scary
Your proud of that?
@@justinhenryrebel what else I'm supposed to do or feel？。fight them？hate them？I'd rather spread positivity and be friendly with them since I have no power to decide who lives where
Not as family 😂 we’re doomed
@@Pengtao99they are not family, only a black people are family. Do you know they teach their kids to hate black people, theirs a video in the internet a Chinese woman teaching her daughter to hate black people and here you are calling them racist people family. Wake up
I´m from Cape Verde and China as done a shit ton for us and it´s very scary. A lot of small business are chinese owned, we have chinese cartoons on TV and students learn mandarin in highschool. They even made and intire college campus for us.
Naaah G ta falando asr?? oh shit
@@ap17l93 yaa man sério msm
@@Hero-wd9vn fodas, cena q pelo q vc falou eles tao fazendo vcs os novos chineses e so uma questap de tmp pra preconceito e ignorancia apareça
@@ap17l93 espero que não 😬
Wait, so you are complaining because they have "done a shit ton for us"??
Like...if somebody else does a shit ton of things "for" me, I would maybe, just maybe, show a little appreciation instead...
HOW ARE YOU SO CONSISTENT WITH QUALITY VIDEOS?? You're doing a solid for us fans.
He studies/learns with skillshare and says this throughout his videos.
Swaziland changed it's name in 2018 to 'eSwatini' to mark it's independence from what the british called it.
You should call it Eswatini.
Nobody cares not a factor
Indians be like: we feel you bro
Okay
@@nolacking1007 How is it not if this video is on sharing *accurate* information on Africa? Also, you commented, so clearly you care, edgelord.
Most African countries should think about that.
Thanks for clear and entertaining information without a lot of bias.
LOL I am from Zambia and I see it all LIVE on ground here. Chinese influence is real over here
I'm from Botswana living in South Africa. It has influence through trade but I'm afraid it might get more control in the future. But welp
@@wellthen4128 Definitely!
wow,so afraid,you relly speak English?i guest everyone in your country speak English even thoese who never attend school
@@lushunxi2315 lmao first get your spellings and grammar right before you want to say something. Then, we can have a conversation about my english
@@rithwikharapanahalli2031 the thing is that the poster is Chinese even though our countries aren't as developed as China we're better at speaking english and we're more emphatic, like they didn't have to be rude lol
This is a clear example of: "If something seems to good to be true, IT IS!"
nice word
Ys
Like the west coming to our defence?🤔
ruclips.net/video/28fIOlGW4gI/видео.html
@@LOKUTA Where does the link goes to?
I remember my mom and I were driving along sangotedo and there was a head board sign In Mandarin freaking MANDARIN ..... I mean it’s not like I have a problem with mandarin but it just gave me colonial vibes .
Nigerian btw 🇳🇬
Never in a 100 years did I expect to see Sangotedo in a RUclips comment section 😂😂😂
u mean they should speak English ？no colonial vibes？same logic，because u are English speaker
@@tearing9288 English a Lingua Franca that has taken the whole world... Chinese? not much, I know is a board sign so Chinese workers can understand where they are or the zone they are working at, but watch the video and see how some of them treat the coworkers, it's amazing how people don't know how racist some Chinese are... my man here has a very reasonable concern regarding his country and seeing how some bastards take the land to fuk you up through debt, to slave you through debt, then THAT is some colonial vibes. Btw I think you are a Wu Mao
You realize that you speak English, right?
if it was in english , does it give you vibes too ?
4:07
As a Moroccan citizen, I want to thank you for not cutting the map.
I appreciate it ❤..
Sounds like you summarizing the International Monetary Fund activities and hidden agenda
How do you know that?
The great reset is all about bringing us higher wealth countries down
Then u add the fake global warming bullshit aka UN mandates 21,25,35,50
the way he says "roads, trains, dams" as if they are nefarious... at least China isn't bombing and/or sanctioning countries in Africa and in the rest of the global south like the U.S.
😂😂😂😂you expect him to be happy when African countries are having faster trains than the US, how can he be happy knowing that he will no longer take photos with emaciated African kids in some famine stricken place because the Chinese are building dams and water systems that will enhance agriculture??
It's a debt trap. The countries are taking loans from China and by taking those loans they agree to hire a Chinese firm to build the infrastructure.
China knows that these countries won't be able to pay off the debt so they make another agreement to lease the project off of the African country for 99 years. Basically taking over a section of the country for the price of the debt.
This happened in Sri Lanka with a deep water harbor. They took a loan from China to build it, they couldn't pay it back, China took over the harbour and now it only employs Chinese workers and is used as a Chinese naval base.
@@davianoinglesias5030 He has just given facts. He also has mentioned US destroying other countries but seems like you are a Chinese guy who is using VPN to use RUclips . We all know wrong doings of US but China is not far behind US rather ahead now to destroy by Debt trap.
@@DiiloKaShooter It is only a debt trap if the loan given is not used in the intended projects. The Chinese are giving loans that are tied to projects so the money doesn't get embezzled,, the good thing about it is that the projects are completed and they start contributing to GDP growth and the loans can be easily serviced.
@@davianoinglesias5030 Bro I just want to give answer to my simple question. What's the point of building big and fast railways in the middle of nowhere in Africa where most of the people are below poverty line. If China really want to develop the Africa for the better world then they would have emphasize more on education and health infrastructure then railways and ports. I know ports and railways helps to boost the economy but before that there should be the products to be sold which most of the countries don't have the capacity to manufacture .The infrastructures build by the Chinese firms do so much environmental damage to the wildlife. I do agree some of the project by China have been great for some nations but look at the majority. China gives the load cuz they know the poor nation can't return it and they capture the land for decades and military bases there. I have been to Africa few years back and have seen some projects of China, Some were helping locals but most where there for no use. China claims to help those nations by building many infrastructure but most of them are rarely used. China had also leased Hambantota port for 99 years due to not being able to pay debts back. If China really wanted to help Sri Lankans then they would have given some more time but it wasn't the case. So, mate you got China quite wrong .
I have only one simple question: why doesn’t the U.S. go to Africa to build railways? Of course nothing is free (except ExpressVPN), everyone just exchanges what they need.
The US does help Africa with aid but it doesn't directly help Africa with infrastructural development for what ever reason. That Aid money mostly end up in the pockets of the corrupt few anyway. The Chinese are just Smarter in the way they do business with Africa.
Few reasons off the top of my head:
1. Africa is HUGE. The typical projection of it on a map does not do its size justice.
2. US is a car-centric country. We have railways for commerce, but not really that many for civilians like how Japan has, for instance. Only some big cities have a somewhat elaborate railway system.
3. We're already dealing with far too many infrastructure problems within our own country and no one agreeing on what to fund.
4. US tends to focus on projects that are instantly gratifying, unfortunately...
@@vextally7566 its just there to keep Africa underdeveloped and exploitable
Well US has hard times in holding to its own economy and development, for instance their factories and workers. US has no engineers and most of them are foreigners. They cannot keep up with development in their own country and cannot do the same in other countries. China is doing what US did before, but they are not projecting their religion like US did in Africa. US comes and opens Christian schools and tells people to convert in order to get something in return. China only helps and does not implement anything onto them. Let's face it, The World Bank or EU Bank never gave these countries any money for development and China did, while building everything for free as well. So why not take it. Every country has debt and needs these projects. While developing with infrastructure, you will have more money and develop as a country, and you will be paying of China, not the World Bank,,,, and plus, you will always have an ally.
Great video johnny