It used to perplex me when I read that China has been masterminding a massive silk belt road and network project. That it has been infusing down-and-out African countries with cash. That is has been fortifying and occupying tiny islands in the Pacific Ocean. That it has been building and running vital ports in Pakistan, Iran and Sri Lanka.
What was the grand design I wondered. Was it to control essential resources for the future like oil, metals and minerals, fish stock and fresh water? Was it to encircle the United States and countries who are thorns in sides like India, Australia, Japan and even Russia. Would it be a stretch to even think that it would like to ultimately control the financial and monetary systems that run the global economy? It’s possibly all these things and a few others I don’t even understand. But you got to hand it to them: the Chinese are hardworking, crafty and wily, they work slowly and with infinite patience and they plan with tremendous foresight. They are like a slow moving but large grinding stone, powdering everything that blocks its inexorable path. Here is an example: Djibouti’s rising debts to expansionist China worry US, France - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/djiboutis-rising-debts-to-expansionist-china-worry-us-france/articleshow/68753589.cms?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=iOSapp&utm_source=email Roland. Toronto.
