SOME African nations have shown their unhappiness on the deals with Chinese state owned firms on extracting of their natural resources. Some top officials even issued work stop order to review the deals and protect their people and country's interest. No wonder to see such resistance on everywhere that Chinese invests on. Their strategy is simple to enter new market by offering infra-structure projects as well as building their office buildings. It seem hard to resist the Chinese assistance at first and they'll find our Chinese proposal on possible projects that will share some profit with the corrupt minded officials. As Chinese knows how to bribe the top officials to cement the deals that will favor them in the long run. Chinese firms are not respecting the culture of locals as well as negligence on environmental impact on where they are doing business. Now once impoverish African nations begin to feel the unjust deals made by Chinese firms. There is no different there with us that Chinese firms bring in their own people from top to bottom to do their own business. They even bring in retail shop seller together with them. It is not helping with their pledge to create necessary jobs on the land for locals as they would boast before deals are done. In Ukraine, there is ongoing problem with land grabbing that make locals feel modern day colonizations though it come under long term rent to make agribusiness.
In my country, Myanmar, whatever Chinese firms involved in the deals, it is most likely to become problem with locals or environmental ground. The Chinese know how to bribe our stupid military leaders to grab the unfair contracts. Unfortunately, our leaders need not to be transparency whatever they did. It is obvious that to convince stupid people is much easier than convincing to wisdom leader. Our leaders might have seen how much their commission would be if they sign on agreement. They would make deals as if country is belong to their own family/ institution. They have supreme power to do whatever they want if the profit gain for their individual level. The unwise agreements have made us serial uprising from public in recent years. As media have found its freedom ground, there are always arising controversy cases in every day basis. I am really disappointing to learn that CPI is trying to restart Myitsone project which is extremely facing public protest. Our president has declared two years ago that he'll suspend the project within his term and they dare to attempt to restart. What does it mean then? Disrespect to our president, isn't it? They should have respect our highest civilian leader if they are good neighbor as they keep claiming. If the authority cannot stop CPI's movement, our country is going to see another big protest on our roads. But I am not sure if our existing government wants to see public unrest on the road so that they can boost the chance to return previous stage. For more than 100% sure, we all people don't want to see Chinese firms investing in our land anymore. Sadly, the government top minister recently said that they are grateful for China's good deeds in past protecting them from international sanction, the statement that irked people outrage him. Anyway, there are more options nowadays to choose from and hopefully our authority will loyal to the country and avoid irresponsible Chinese investment happening on our mother land.
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