Maldives' new president warns state coffers 'looted' after China-led boom

[quandow]

This kind of crap should be easily stopped in this age of ability to track money trails.

[bristolboy]

On 11/19/2018 at 4:18 AM, tonbridgebrit said:

That article you've put up about the EU. It is not about the EU wanting to reduce trade (imports and exports) with China. It's about the EU trying to limit the sale of EU technologically advanced companies to Chinese companies. Okay, about EU technology companies being sold to Chinese companies. Well, we accept that, the ones being sold right now, well, nobody is forcing them to be sold, right ? As in, Chinese company comes along, offers to pay good money to buy the EU technology company, and EU company accepts the money. Surely, it's the freedom of any company to sell itself to whatever bidder, if it wishes to do so ?  But, yes, you're right, this latest move is an attempt to reduce EU companies being sold to Chinese companies.

But back to trade. No way is the EU thinking about slapping extra taxes onto the Chinese goods entering Europe. The EU is not going to do, what Trump is doing, slapping taxes onto Chinese imports. And the EU certainly is interested in exporting more goods to China. Who on earth wants to reduce their exports to China ? Surely, nobody ?  Australia is certainly not interested in reducing their exports of coal and iron ore to China.


About the Maldives. It's the same in Africa, Latin America, and other developing countries. These countries still remember colonialism, colonialism done by Europe. Mass exploitation. It's not surprising that these countries have spent the last decade or more, accepting Chinese investments.

Maldives to Pull Out of ‘One-Sided’ China Trade Deal, Reports Say

The Maldives is reportedly planning to pull out of a free trade agreement with China as the island nation moves closer to India and the West after Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the presidency in a September election.

The trade imbalance between China and the Maldives is “so huge that nobody would think of a free trade agreement between such parties,” Reuters cited Mohamed Nasheed, a former president and now an adviser to Solih, as saying. He separately told the BBC that the trade deal was “very one-sided” and that Chinese investments would be reviewed.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-20/maldives-set-to-pull-out-of-trade-deal-with-china-reports-say

[lannarebirth]

On 11/18/2018 at 1:50 PM, tonbridgebrit said:

What's this really about ? Australia and others are exporting a huge amount of natural resources to China, and China is converting the natural resources into maufactured goods. The goods are then exported to America and Europe. Some people simply don't like it when they see most of the goods at their retailer is made in China. Some people don't like to see lots of Chinese tourists in almost every country.

Whether China is a democracy or not, those who don't like Chinese goods flooding America and Europe, and who don't like Chinese tourists everywhere, well, they will still regard China as a threat. Do you really think that, if China was a democracy, then China flooding planet earth with cheap manufactured goods would be okay ?   ????

As for "Adolf Xi" cracking down on the Muslims in China, well. Lots of people in Europe and America would secretly love to see all (or most) mosques closed in their own country. Lots of Americans and Europeans secretly want to see 'no more Muslims entering into our place'.  And they want to condemn China for doing stuff ?  The hypocrisy of people !   ????

 

Yeah, it's all good:

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-top-security-agency-accused-of-cyberattacks-against-australia-2018-11

[beddhist]

The Chinese have merely copied and perfected what the US has done for decades. For an insider view of how this works read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" by John Perkins.

[JAG]

On 11/19/2018 at 7:29 AM, Benmart said:

Thailand was not mentioned in the article, except by you. Focus please.

No, but I rather suspect that many, if not most, read the OP and thought: hmm, now, as for Thailand...

[thaiguzzi]

On 11/18/2018 at 2:41 PM, tonbridgebrit said:

Get real. Planet earth needs China,

The Tigers, Rhinos and Elephants don't..........