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On 8/23/15 8:30 AM, Ron Jacobs via Marxism wrote
http://stillhomeron.blogspot.com/2015/08/africa-china-and-west-exchange-with.html
Thomas Mountain:
"Chinese aid has built more schools, hospitals, water and electric
infrastructure than all the western governments and the UN combined, and
is set to do much more if the present programs that have been announced
are implemented. China recognizes that Africa needs educated and skilled
personnel to help develop African resources and it is in China’s
interest to help make this happen. Again, doing this is a long term
investment that will pay off for China, both in good will and in their
companies’ bottom lines."
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http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/409374/The-Remarkable-Raj-Why-Britain-should-be-proud-of-its-rule-in-India
Dr Lalvani, who came to the UK in 1956 to study, believes that both
nations benefited from the trade links that were firmly established in
the 17th century and continued under the often maligned East India
Company, which founded its first trading post in Surat, on the west
coast of India, in 1613. Within 40 years it had another 22 bases,
supplying the motherland with everything from salt to opium. At the time
India, a country of disparate states, had no uniform government and it
seemed that France might gain control as it also sought to expand its
empire overseas. That prospect was ended by the victory of Robert Clive
over French forces at Plassey, in Bengal, in 1757.
It paved the way for the British Raj to rule India for almost two
centuries, for the East India Company to thrive and for fortunes to be
made by individuals.
There were cases of corruption and greed and cruel reprisals against
opponents but Dr Lalviani says: "It is important to note that there is a
substantial list on the credit side.
"They include railways, roads, canals, mines, sewers, plantations and
the establishment of English law and language.
"Great cities including Bombay, Calcutta and Madras were built and some
of the finest universities and museums in India were founded. The first
definitive atlas of India was drawn and there were great social reforms,
such as the eradication of thugee (violent highway robbery), the banning
of the custom of suttee (the burning of widows on the husband's funeral
pyre) and female infanticide.
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