Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "How America and China are fighting for African minerals" video.

  1. Caspian Report is made by an Azeri, and though Azerbaijan is majority Muslim it’s even more moderate and secular than Türkiye. There’d be a bias towards the EU and against its former colonizers like Iran and Russia.
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  2. Not as severely as Africa’s own leaders, who basically see their country as their own property, making only as much national investments as needed for reelection (assuming there is an election).
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  3. What investors seek is consistent protection of their assets, not constant renegotiation over “fees” and promises that get broken, i.e. rule of law. You see more activity from China in Africa because Beijing has up til now been more willing to tolerate and proliferate the corruption.
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