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by jollofricepeas 1089 days ago
Nah.

This is just usury and loan sharking on a global scale.

Substitute Southeast Asia for Africa.

China is pretty much providing payday loans and debt trap diplomacy to poorer countries (149+) in order to consolidate power.

This has nothing to do with sophistication but everything to do with greed.