Post #36618 by albaby1 on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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I have to agree with Dope here.

Chinese aid comes not with strings, but with roped.

Of course. That's the point. China isn't doing this because they are kind - it is doing this because they are smart. There's massive conditions that recipient countries have to accept along with Chinese aid - but those countries are still taking the deal, all over the globe. Not every country, and not without hiccups and setbacks; but overall, it's been enormously effective.

What we're doing now is making the Chinese deal - with all its flaws - look even better. Sure there are strings (or ropes) attached with doing business with China. But looking at what's happening to Colombia, Panama, and Denmark...are the conditions in the fine print any better if you're exclusively in the American sphere of influence these days?

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