Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "New Silk Road: Laos border town of Boten becomes Chinese enclave • FRANCE 24 English" video.

  1. People often speak about Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar or maybe Malaysia when it comes to China's influence in modern Asia but there is no country in Asia that has been so greatly influenced by China in the modern era than Laos. Laos is representative of modern Chinese influence in Asia. Boten is one place where the Laotian kip and Chinese yuan are both accepted but even more interesting is the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GTSEZ), while not tied specifically to the Chinese government, it's being run by a Chinese kingpin. Chinese cultural influence is widespread in the zone as Chinese people, including traders and investors have contributed to the development of the zone. The GTSEZ is inhabited by Laotians, Chinese, Thais, Burmese, Indians and Vietnamese who are engaged in business in the area. Like it or not, China is the dominant power in Asia today.
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  2.  @Itriedtobe-wq9lj  The modern Indian army is not a direct product of British rule. They built that army on their own accord. Those railway lines that the Indians ride on were laid out by poor Indian labourers under the commandment of the British. Europeans love to claim the positives of colonisation but will NEVER accept the negatives European colonisation brought. They will get upset when people speak about Chinese influence in the Global South and call it "neocolonialism". The sheer irony. Just accept it, China is the leader of the Global South and they're contributing more without the need to colonise and rule an entire nation for their own benefit. BTW, the British wanted those railway networks so they could transport their soldiers and other people around the nation, they did not gaf about the Indians.
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  3.  @Itriedtobe-wq9lj  Europe contributed nothing compared to what China is contributing
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  4.  @Itriedtobe-wq9lj  Those railway lines that the Indians ride on were laid down by Indian labourers under the commandment of the British.
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  5.  @Itriedtobe-wq9lj  The modern Indian Army was built by Indians
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  6.  @Itriedtobe-wq9lj  China is contributing way more
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  7.  @Itriedtobe-wq9lj  China doesn't need to takeover a nation to make things better.
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