| | | Hello Haim, did a modicum of search to support my earlier solid conjectures and vague premises with re to how Afrique should be careful before saying "no" to hospitals, roads, industrial parks, high-speed rails, large capacity ports, schools, power stations, etc etc etc
RE <<The day before yesterday was at one of the biggest Israeli law firms that sponsored a business gathering for investing in Ethiopia pop. 104 million 88% rural. External Debt to GDP below 32% GDP growth above 8% Cellphone users 20.5 million
They are fed up with the Chinese. Africa realizes the pure colonialistic tendencies of China. They bring money for infrastructure projects and a lot of the work is done by Chinese inmates.
Ethiopia wants to partner with smaller states>>
says to me to watch out for several telltales ...
- deep-state talking
- china-bashing per usual
- definition of pure colonialism - terrible colonials who bring money, undertake projects to benefit the locals, and making doubly sure by sending the necessary expertise along with the money, so that local bandwidth not stretched to breaking, and an opportunity of several hundred years is not squandered by local deep-state calling all the shots
- local deep-states and elites of Ethiopia wish to partner w/ smaller states, as would Nigeria and Uganda. Volunteers welcome. Even the USA and Russia and and and welcome. But who is coming?
so would treat the Israeli law firm's pitch along w/ its client's take with due care, and filter through the lens of the taxi driver of Addis Ababa and see what they see, and I deliberately select google-search stories only of Africa / Ethiopia origin as opposed to would-be-suspect China media. On casual search of "China Ethiopia>> the negative stories seem to be of western press, and so I am comforted that the Ethiopians are with good partner which can help them make big progress.
The west is peeved because it can no longer do what it has been doing for too long a time, am guessing, at the Neo con side of the equation.
And at the Neo liberal side, they wish to measure under developed Africa by measure of some theoretical benchmark, on the one hand, to essentially say "this is how Africa should be developed, starting w/ vegan diet", and mixed in a bit of entitlement unthinkable, "do the Ethiopians not warrant a local engineer to decide on how best to build a 200M (any major currency) project and do so by trial and error?"
Team China is essentially saying, "am interested to invest, fund, help with the design, build, and supply the parts we know best, our parts, and then buy the goods that better flow from whatever the project. do you want in, Ethiopia? and oh, can help gather tourist to spend the money you need to earn to help get everything started."
The trade is free, and the bargain is straightforward, and without much if any political strings. China cannot do what China does in Ethiopia without Ethiopian blessing at the decision-making level.
I did a google-search on "Ethiopia Brazil" and came up with effectively zilch.
I did a search on "Ethiopia America" and came up with a single item, tadias.com << >> which sounds like attempt to sway local political process per interference protocol and colonial regime-change preparation, and given the state of USA media, would alert the Ethiopians to be very careful, especially as the initiative does not support job creation, increase export, improve local lives, and result in more foreign direct investment.
Did a search on "Italy Ethiopia" - amazing, nada, zilch, nought, zero - for the formal and genuine colonialist power in Ethiopia had left the place for dead.
Fact, with China's help, Ethiopia is on the mend after more than a century of western depravity.
pulse.ng
<<Ethiopian Airlines is reported to have provided 35% financing while EXIM Bank of China provided 65% of the project’s financing.
Ethiopian Airline, Africa most profitable airline is set to forever change Ethiopian skyline with a $65m Ethiopian Skylight Five Hotel later this month.>>
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<<Ethiopia to intensify coffee exports to China>>
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<<Chinese company signs road construction agreement with Ethiopian government>>
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<<Ethiopia: Embassy Promotes Ethiopia's Tourist Destinations in Shenyang, China>>
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<<Ethiopia: Chinese, French Firms Seal Turbine Supply Deal>>
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<<China Is the Catalyst for Africa’s Growth>>
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<<Ethiopia is set to launch its first satellite into space—with China’s help>> |
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