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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's pretty simple math. They get to look like the good guys. Pretty important when they've got all sorts of investments in Africa and the Middle East.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

And for a lot of those countries, China is easily the lesser of two evils. Says more about us in the West than about them though.