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A study that looked at more than 1,000 loans to Africa found that Chinese lenders never seized assets, never used courts to enforce payments, and never applied penalty interest rates. (papers.ssrn.com)
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[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

An addition to my collection.

[–] invent_the_future@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the atlantic article you mentioned is a piece from the authors of this study, it's linked on the paragraph that starts with 'Our research shows'

[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Ah thanks. It’s surprising that they managed to get it published in a major neolib magazine.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 week ago

"Pshhhh China can't even do debt trap diplomacy right." -some neo-colonialist fuck

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Amazing study! Adding it to my collection in case liberals ever bring this up!

[–] yet_another_commie@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ultras bring this up all the time

[–] Finiteacorn@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is an ultra if not a lib.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Left anticommunist sounds better in some cases. 🤔

[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Left communism? Quite indeed they did.