China is not pushing Africa into debt trap, South African president says

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Person benefiting financially from deal says bad deal is good deal.

After several hundred years of Western investment which only creates slums and brothels, props up violent dictators and which leaves behind a big hole in the ground where the countries resources have been stripped, I would suggest that investment that builds railways, ports and other infrastructure, creates jobs and new markets, is like a breath of fresh air .

After several hundred years of Western investment which only creates slums and brothels

Remind me: How old is China? No poor people in Tibet or Yunnan? Burma is doing wonderfully too, I hear.

Because there are no slums or brothels in China, big holes in the ground, and they have never propped up violent dictators.