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Feral Finster's avatar

TL;DR Tucker: "We're only ones who get to colonize Brazil!"

The joke in Africa goes as follows:

When a Chinese delegation visits, they deliver a hospital. When a western delegation visits, they deliver a lecture.

Upon hearing this, some western commentator wishes to remind us that Chinese aid has strings attached and you need to think twice...

And there's the lecture, right on cue.

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The Inquisitive Inquisitor's avatar

All aid, any aid, has strings attached. The Chinese, unlike the Americans and the West, are adept at hiding those strings.

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