One of the more hilarious China investments is the highway to nowhere in Montenegro.
The billion-dollar motorway leading Montenegro to nowhere | Euronews
They basically own Montenegro now and for nothing. Probably bribed some public officials to sign off on the deal in order to have a tight grip on the nation.
They've done the same in Iran. Iranian fisherman can't fish in their own waters anymore, the Chinese have priority. In return the Chinese have saved them financial collapse.
In Turkey the Govt is desperate for cash because they've squandered it all on making party loyalists billionaires through incredibly fruitful Govt contracts. The President's next vanity project is the oh so useless Canal Istanbul. He wants to build another water way through the city, build 6 bridges and 2 cities on either side of the canal. He needs money and the Chinese will probably pay for it but obviously will want a shit ton in return. One is obviously to keep quiet about the Uygurs which Turkey is doing. When the Chinese foreign minister visited a few months ago the leader of the Uygurs in Turkey told through the Covid app that he had tested positive and had to stay indoors. He didn't have Covid, didn't even take a test but they made sure police were outside his house making sure he don't leave in order to protest the Chinese FM's arrival. They've also handed over countless Uygurs to China and you get plenty China apologists go on TV and tell the country that Uygurs aren't actually Turks and just a fake people created by the evil United States.
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