The illicit trade with China fuelling Mozambique's insurgency

[Gunny]

Timber smuggling, estimated to be worth $23m (£18m) a year, from Mozambique’s ancient forests to China is helping to fund a brutal Islamist insurgency as well as a large criminal network in the north of the southern African country.

Mozambique-China rosewood trade: The illicit business fuelling an insurgency (bbc.com) (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51nnzzkpkyo)

I'm sure Pooh has some legalese to explain China's innocence:rolleyes:

[Kathianne]

Mozambique-China rosewood trade: The illicit business fuelling an insurgency (bbc.com) (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51nnzzkpkyo)

I'm sure Pooh has some legalese to explain China's innocence:rolleyes:

China is empire building, to use rev's words. The policy for years is to go into underdeveloped countries, provide loans for needed improvements, then apply pressure. They've done is in Africa, South America, Asia of course, Eastern Europe now. It's been used for cheap labor-basically slavery, rare earth minerals, oil, now rare woods.

[Gunny]

China is empire building, to use rev's words. The policy for years is to go into underdeveloped countries, provide loans for needed improvements, then apply pressure. They've done is in Africa, South America, Asia of course, Eastern Europe now. It's been used for cheap labor-basically slavery, rare earth minerals, oil, now rare woods.

Not to be left out. The US is being replaced by the Soviets in Niger after a military coup say the new military junta selling out to Russia for blankets and trinkets instead of security against Islamic extremists. Between Russia nd China they should easily be able to rape that continent.

[Kathianne]

Not to be left out. The US is being replaced by the Soviets in Niger after a military coup say the new military junta selling out to Russia for blankets and trinkets instead of security against Islamic extremists. Between Russia nd China they should easily be able to rape that continent.
I saw that, same program from China. "Belt and Road Initiative."

https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2020/01/how-china-is-reshaping-international-development?lang=en

https://greenfdc.org/countries-of-the-belt-and-road-initiative-bri/

Neither of the above are pro-American organizations.

A bit of US viewpoint:

https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Article-Display/Article/3111114/assessing-chinas-motives-how-the-belt-and-road-initiative-threatens-us-interests/

Hungry has jointed into the initiative:

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/02/28/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-is-bringing-new-risks-to-europe/