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What is China up to?
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http:// www.dai lymail. ...-000 -lying- empty.h tml
What is behind China's plan, surely they are far too smart than to build this accommodation costing £75,000 to move in, when these people are poorer than church mouses?
What is behind China's plan, surely they are far too smart than to build this accommodation costing £75,000 to move in, when these people are poorer than church mouses?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The Chinese government are not as clever as they are portrayed. The state controlled banks routinely over-lend and get no return for their money. Having spent about six weeks in China it was evident that just the sheer pent-up demand in a hard working and civilised population was driving Chinese growth despite mammoth mistakes that would have wrecked a smaller scale economy.
"mouses"??!! aog, what are you doing to the English language??
Mind you, the Mail says "could lay empty for years" when it means "could lie empty".
Anyway, yes, China is busy buying friends all over Africa. Like all such purchases it's a bit of a gamble, but they're prepared to take the long view in matters lilke this.
Mind you, the Mail says "could lay empty for years" when it means "could lie empty".
Anyway, yes, China is busy buying friends all over Africa. Like all such purchases it's a bit of a gamble, but they're prepared to take the long view in matters lilke this.
'Mouses', jno,is given in the OED as the plural of things, especially technical, resembling a mouse.I hope nobody is suggesting it's a Daily Mail plural. The paper seems to be fond of misusing language, but here it seems a typical lapsus calami (lapsus muris?) by a regular user of a computer mouse..
The Chinese are often very underhand in their business dealings. There is no concept of trust.
In this case, quite obviously, they have sold the Africans a lovely vanity project, and will have got far more than 2.2 billion dollars worth of oil in exchange
"....state-owned China International Trust and Investment Corporation, which built the 12,355 acres development in three years in exchange for oil....."
In this case, quite obviously, they have sold the Africans a lovely vanity project, and will have got far more than 2.2 billion dollars worth of oil in exchange
"....state-owned China International Trust and Investment Corporation, which built the 12,355 acres development in three years in exchange for oil....."