[pjc50]

Interesting how everyone was in favour of FDI when it was flowing out of Europe and the US into Africa and South America, and now people are admitting that the downside is loss of autonomy?

[JumpCrisscross]

Well yes, when you replace a diverse set of democracies with a single dictatorship, that tends to end badly for those on the receiving end.

[diminish]

Actually copy the text of the Economist article and replace the "China" with "Europe" and "Europe" with "Africa" or "East Europe" or similar and it will be funny.

[baud147258]

Right now, you can keep China and replace Europe with Africa and it will be still quite relevant.