Posted on 10/09/2011 12:32:51 PM PDT by AfricanChristian
China is continuing its bold economic and geopolitical march through the Caribbean and Latin America, using its growing economic might to dole out grant aid and soft loans to win friends and influence governments, continuing its plans to displace the United States as the region's major trading partner in the not-too-distant future.
For two days this week, a large Chinese delegation led by Vice-Premier Wang Qishan spent hours in talks with Caribbean leaders and business delegations. By the time the forum ended in Trinidad's capital of Port of Spain, Beijing had unveiled measures worth $6.3 billion aimed at sealing better relations with the 15-nation Caribbean trade bloc.
Among the measures Wang announced were the aforementioned concession loans to support regional economic development, a million-dollar donation to the Caribbean Development Fund, support for building a seismic tsunami warning center, increased training of doctors and nurses and a plan to woo Chinese tourists to the Caribbean.
This week's activities centered around the third China-Caribbean forum and attracted more presidents and prime ministers than any of the previous forums, as well as cabinet ministers and business delegations from nearly every country.
For its part, China brought 13 ministers and 80 high-level officials, some of whom sauntered off with various countries to sign bilateral agreements.
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So much for the Monroe Doctrine.
Monroe doctrine no longer applies.
After China, expect India to come in a VERY BIG way and Brazil is already proving to big to manage (on track to exceed Britain’s and France’s economy).
On the contrary, it’s ALL about the economy. “Business is War”.
Listen to your globalist masters. Don’t be so hysterical and afraid, western peasants. China doesn’t exist. There are only ghost cities there, and the yearly production increases are all lies. Let us continue to hike the dollar and shut down what remains of US manufacturing and exports (except for exporting your most needed natural resources), so we can lower the price of freight fuel and finish deconstructing the West to build a better world for you. If you don’t like it, show up at the polls, and vote for one of the candidates that we allow you to select from.
My error. Smart people. :-)
Chinese tourists buying fake Rolexs that they made.
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