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A study that looked at more than 1,000 loans to Africa found that Chinese lenders never seized assets, never used courts to enforce payments, and never applied penalty interest rates.

c/worldnews · u/yogthos@lemmy.ml · 37 points

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u/Suoko@feddit.it · 9 points

US probably learnt the lesson from UK monarchy. "I will let you think you can be as rich as me, but I will always be richer than you and I csn crush you whenever I want".

It's not a society based on mutual help and respect, it's more like a silent caste system, that they pretend it to be based on meritocracy.

You can experience it everywhere, you just have to better open your eyes

u/ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 11 points

Commenting by only reading the title, it’s interesting that that’s my experience in China as well. Those I know who try to make extra money by lending lost a lot during and after Covid. I wondered why they didn’t pursue it and they just say their clients went so broke with Covid and the economy that there is nothing to ask for. It’s a nice thought that even though a lot of money is lost they don’t consider legal action!

u/EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml · 10 points

I'm guessing it's because China lends to help, the US lends to bury them in debt so they can steal resources when they default