As I said, some complaints about the Chinese are legit ... I have never liked the fact that they do not seem to re-invest nor (and I think you missed this) do they seem to employ locals (maybe that's a form of re-investment in your eyes and ok fair enough) and their lack of empathy towards wildlife is fairly well-known but you are doing two things in that paragraph that doesn't sit well:Googly wrote:The Chinese are a scourge....There is no doubt in my mind that they are recolonizing Africa.
1) comparing a colonising force in it's toddlerhood with one in it's dotage (white colonisers, remember, started with slaves ... and everything else aside [a wicket fell and the game will now start in earnest] even approaching retirement age did not seek the right to vote - they had that exclusively for themselves already - but the wrong of not allowing the locals to). Also, one was invited...
2) that things like lack of EMA supervision, duties, alluvial operations...are the fault of the Chinese (this, to me, is the same as saying ZC is a mess because of the black players!?)