How's your Chinese?

Not again!

T.J.Rockford

 First off let me apologize for doing something I hate doing, and that's repeating myself!

  I seem to bring up the topic of China A LOT! Well I suppose It's only understandable wouldn't you think? If you need to ask why? Or even wonder for that matter, It's because you haven't been to busy thinking of it, Or about it! 

  China only use to be a place I would moan and bitch about because everything I bought that was from there was always breaking!

  Really I had no notions, or any knowledge of what China was really up to? 

  People I was chumming around with during this era a few years back had other things on their mind, Such as the big recession! Bank bailout's, Stock market tumbling, You know stuff like that!

  I really wish I could go back in time a short trip! Just so I could take a better look into what the heck China was up to then! 

  I really don't even know if it would of sunk in then or not? I sure know it's sinking in now! The scary part is, It's wicked scary!

  I could write a whole book on the progress China has made over the last 20 years and most people would probably never believe it!

  I talk about China in almost all my article's, if only to mention their name! Just because they are that much of a force in these times.

  Why would I say this? Without repeating myself to much from prior rant's I'll just mention some specific's for those who might like to ponder a few things!

  

  Imagine a country something like, Hmmm Let's say China! and this country came along into your country, and your a country that has a large population, very under educated with little in the way of revenue and high poverty.

  Now let's say a country like China come's along and make's a proposal to catch your country up to speed with the 21st century!     Offer to construct new buildings, and home's, and roads, as well as a new transportation system specifically railway, Jobs, schools, and the biggest thing support! Support to get this all done, and support to keep things running for an economy.

  The deals consisted for China taking control of all the minerals rights, mining, lumber, you know pretty much everything Africa had!

   Certain parts of Africa consisting of some of the more poverty stricken areas where people will work real cheap, I think is where the Chinese had an Epiphany!

  Seeing how they were already taking advantage of all of the natural resources, the Chinese figured a way to make even more money off of an already poor nation! 
  
  all the materials used to do all this construction from the concrete, to wood, and steel, Etc, were all supplied by the Chinese, But all the raw materials for the construction being done were taken from Africa by the Chinese in the first place! Being charged for your own raw material!
 and at the same time China got a big gain on some territory that no other nations cared much about, Until now!

The one thing I want to point out before going further is the fact that for a very, very long time, nobody wanted anything to do with Africa!

  It was looked at kind of how we look at the middle east now. Just was a waste of money and time. Africa was a dismal pit of despair that had the potential to suck the life out of anyone who dared get involved in their unhinged turmoil! 

  Very much like South America use to be. I'm saying this to bring up a point, which you should get as we keep going along here.

  So with nobody wanting Africa, it kinda made it like the front door was wide open for whoever was willing to take her for a spin!

  I don't mean like the multitude's of idiot scum bag rebel type that rise up to power here and there taking control!

  But China on the other hand! they are very well at controlling the masses! Why would Africa be any different?

  China had made the deal, as I had stated, of modernizing Africa's transportation rail system for faster and safer transportation, Which was seriously in despair! seeing how it has been around since the British empire. 

 With all sorts of great promises of giving a better life to the African people, Or so was the thinking I assume!. 

  This modernized rail system would span the Congo, Kenya, Sudan and beyond! But the price tag on this endeavor is astronomical! The big thing you have to look at are all the loan's these African countries are procuring from China, it's truly off the chart's! 
  But with the new Chinese world bank they have a lot of money their willing to invest! The Chinese reach is getting tremendous!

  Just the rail system is over 30 billion dollar's! This isn't including all the other activity going on throughout all of Africa! If one were to do some digging around and adding up some number's they would see figure's toppling over 100 billion dollar's in loans continent wide! 

  One might say well that's not much for a continent, look at the U.S. and their figure's for money that is borrowed!

  The U.S. and Africa are two different creature's! Africa of course with her large population, and unemployment rate, as well as the high poverty rate isn't very attractive to most nations. 
  I should emphasize certain countries in particular seem like a high risk proposal! China is obviously doing more then gambling! There is obviously a laid out plan if any kind of financial slip up were to occur!

  China had seen opportunity for the taking! and why not? The western world wasn't helping to make the continent flourish! Sure we would supply aid here and there, but most of the countries in Africa were, and are, thirsty for modernization and some sort of financial gain if possible!

  The really big problem here is that all of the years the western world has been doing our little bit of helping within the continent was mostly to promote democracy!

  Now that all of Africa is getting a taste of China's financial services they are enjoying the flavor! 

  But this flavor is coming with a cost! and this cost is the pressure's from a non-Democratic country such as Communist China!

  With all this lending of money from this Communist country it has giving China a big voice in all of the government doings of all the countries involved. Such as what type of future progress any of these countries might be seeking! 

  The generosity of a China which is stripping the continent of all her natural resources and turning a dollar at every corner!

  The Chinese are very well known for their lack of compassion towards workers and any type of workers rights! Let's just say they don't have any human resources dept for worker's to run to! 

  If you happen to be one of the lucky African citizens to gain employment for all this work activity that China has been showering upon Africa, you better not get hurt! because the Chinese won't support you, or help in any way!

  The only help you will receive is help out the gate! where there will be 500 million other unemployed African's ready to die for that 150 to 200 dollar a month job that barely is enough money for a person to survive!

  What a deal for Africa! Give up your democracy, give up your resources, give up your country, and to boot the African people are paying China to have this all done! 

  How isn't this a good deal? For China anyways! Well I guess on the bright side the African people are learning a new language! That's an important feature to have on your resume! even in the American work force nowadays!

  If you look at some of the stuff China has done to make friends with cities and countries around Africa it's enough to make a person cringe!

  One big thing China has done for quite a few cities throughout all of Africa is build around 60 of these huge soccer stadiums and giving as gifts! 
  Just a way to break the ice to start the big take over process one would wonder! Knowingly, Or unknowingly by these African government officials is the big question?

  Or maybe that's all it takes to win the hearts, and the rights to all the people of Africa, is some nice new soccer stadiums! If I had only known!

   When I say the rights of the people one must understand that all the kids that go to these new built schools are required to learn to speak Chinese!

  Not that anything is wrong with that, but wouldn't you think it should be the other way around? China is in their country!
  I wonder how that agreement had evolved? Was it a demand from China, Or a friendly request? I can only speculate, But I do have a fairly good idea!
                                                       

  None of this makes sense? Here the African people have to pay back all this money they borrowed from China to have the Chinese come into Africa, refine all of the African natural resources that it would take to do all this work, Then have the Chinese do all the planning on how, and what would be built! all in accordance to how the Chinese wanted it done! 
    
  The one and only requirement in this deal for the African people was to lose their dignity! Not only didn't they put up a fight, but their paying the Chinese to really make it sink in to who the master of the house truly is! 
  This might sound harsh, but it sure looks this way! Although it just may be, what needed to be done in order to work!                                                                                                                 
  Essentially all it took was a government willing to take the heat from the rest of the world for screwing over and taking advantage of an underdeveloped poverty stricken people!
  The whole situation is just so crazy it sounds impossible to be true! Unfortunately it's very true!
  Although as I have said some of these African countries just don't get enough in the way of an economy, so China came across as a good investment. Time will tell!
   
   Try imaging China coming here and doing this, Oh boy! While your pondering this thought, add in the factor of the amount of American business's that China has ownership of.

  You better be sitting down when you find out the actual figures, because it's a lot! 

  It truly is sad that a country would do what has been done in Africa! Forcing a people to lose everything, including their identity! What's even worse is the powers that be in Africa have done this to themselves, and their people!

  Can you imagine going around the world forcing everyone to learn English?  Like that would ever happen in China!

  The point is China is dominating everything and everyone everywhere they go!

  Where and when will the line be drawn?  I'm going to stop this topic here because China's reach has extended farther then Africa, and the reach I'm referring to is more then just business ownership!

  It's the reach where they have a presence involved, which in turn requires a need to protect that interest. How do countries protect their interest? Just look into what China has done in the South China Sea! 

  I want to leave everyone with one more thought on this matter and it's a matter of historical fact!

  The facts are that every time a country has done what China is in the process of doing, and to the point they're willing to push it. 

 "The Chinese say their (Protecting) their interest! Their not (pushing) their might around by a show of military force!"

  Though anytime in history it has gone this particular route, In this particular fashion, it's always ended up to an eventual war!

  
 Just a factual tid-bit of info to ponder! until the next time on Rockford File's 2.Oooh! File's report! 

Always remember that the rate at which our climate is going through changes, in the long run no one will be a winner!