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Dec 5, 2022 6 tweets 5 min read Read on X
USA doesn’t care about Africa but now is holding a summit of African leaders in Washington DC. Why?

CHINA!

But this kind of reactive policy will be ineffective.

politico.com/news/2022/12/0…
China-Africa bilateral trade is whopping $250 billion. That’s 5x the US-Africa trade.
Every one of the 54 African countries has signed up for the Belt and Road Initiative (#BRI).

China builds highways, railways, seaports, airports, schools, hospitals, telecom networks, hydropower dams etc. in Africa.

America builds… MILITARY bases.
China brings its development philosophy to Africa. And actions matched by words.

USA/EU don’t have the patience for this kind of engagement.
Every three years, African leaders fly to Beijing for the #FOCAC summit. And every country - small or big, rich or poor - gets a grand reception and full attention.

Serious business and detailed planning. No slogans or fluff.

#China #Africa
An excellent project of #FOCAC: China provides satellite TV to 9,200+ remote villages, directly benefiting 180,000 households and nearly 10 million people!

The televisions are also likely made in China.

#China #Africa #BRI

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The road to free market was not easy in China.

Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening up started in 1978.

1. But China did not right away embrace private enterprises and capitalism.

2. Private enterprises were illegal and not even officially recognized until 1988! (A few Special Economic Zones like Shenzhen had more freedom)Image
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Rockefeller, Wall Street, British royal family etc. were all invested in Nazi Germany; and Zionists were making deal with him.

If Hitler had defeated Russia, Hollywood would have made very different movies.

Time magazine 1936:Image
General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler built all kinds of war machines for Hitler.

Luftwaffe, the Nazi airforce, depended on engines made by GM.
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Lying Media are recycling their Xinjiang propaganda, now aimed at Tibet, China.

Interestingly, last week, I went to a primary school in Lhasa, which had some boarding students!

Why? Because their parents literally live in remote mountains where there are no schools!

🧵 on my visit.

Here’s a description of the media below:

1. This was the welcome dance!😍
2. The primary school (quite big & fancy)
3. The rooms where the kids sleep
4. Classroom for learning Tibetan language
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Me trying calligraphy for the first time and actually drawing the character of “heaven” without knowing it! 😆

The school principal was super nice, sincere, smart, and full of energy. So I took a photo with her at the end.

#Tibet #China
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Second pic: A child writing Tibetan language.

The kids have a lot of extracurricular activities in this primary school.

Not sure if this is true for all schools in Lhasa or these are some gifted children.

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Without R&D spending, there won’t be real innovation, patents, homegrown products or giant companies.

Only 0.7% of GDP goes towards research and development. Image
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8 out of 10 are from China. Image
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China #1, USA #2, India #9.

China = 15x India. Image
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I bought a 1965 Playboy magazine from an old bookstore.

Here are some fascinating things about the magazine:

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First, it wasn’t raunchy by today’s standards!

Shows how far we have gone (in the wrong direction?).

Even the Playboy of the Month photo in the centerfold wouldn’t be considered pornographic today. Image
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