{"id":43684,"date":"2011-09-12T07:50:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T11:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=43684"},"modified":"2011-09-12T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T14:34:09","slug":"commentary-the-chinese-aid-question-chicken-chow-mein-or-peking-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-the-chinese-aid-question-chicken-chow-mein-or-peking-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: The Chinese aid question: Chicken Chow Mein or Peking Duck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43685\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43685\" title=\"raymond henderson\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/raymond-henderson-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/raymond-henderson-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/raymond-henderson-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/raymond-henderson.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raymond Hendeson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many of you may not remember this, but at the height of US expansionism and communist containment 90 percent of US foreign aid went to US citizens and companies operating overseas.This included to friends, satellite states and some enemies of interest.<\/p>\n<p>In the mean time the rest of the First World were watching and learning fast and eventually began doing similar aid programs because foreign aid was a clever way of helping oneself off-shore. And also, aid followed bombing and or occupation in geo-politically strategic areas. But the US had the money. Now fast forward to 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Today, China has the money. And they are spending it in a program of \u201csoft\u201d expansionism worldwide. \u201cSoft\u201d because they are not firing a single shot or missile \u2013 so they are saving billions. And, \u201csoft\u201d for the reason that they are not meddling in their beneficiaries internal (political) affairs. So how do they benefit? What\u2019s in it for the Red Dragon?<\/p>\n<p>China has more than one billion citizens and trillions of Renminbi (RMB) in reserves. Put those two together and you have the perfect platform for economic expansionism. When nations receive assistance from China, they receive money, lots of money and Chinese (workers) companies too; not much different from what the US and others do. They know that their people equipped with cash will find and repatriate the natural and other resources needed to keep the Chinese Dream alive. What then, do the host countries get?<\/p>\n<p>Host\/recipient countries get the buildings, roads (as in the Caribbean states), railways (like the US), and mines (as in the cases of Africa and Australia) they ask for. They also get the scholarships, technology transfer in agriculture, mining, manufacturing, information and communication and surveillance. Of course, they also get the best of Chinese culture including their television programs and gastronomic delights (good cooking). Well you know what they say about the link between a man\u2019s heart and his stomach. This brings us back to the Chinese policy of mutual respect and non-interference in friendly countries\u2019 internal politics \u2013 Soft Power.<\/p>\n<p>In a number of African countries governments have become increasingly unpopular because the Chinese mega projects are the only game in town, but the locals are not getting the jobs; they can\u2019t afford to buy the Chicken Pineapple or the Peking Duck. They cry foul and they call for regime change. Because the situation has bordered on \u201cinterfering in the local politics\u201d Beijing has had to respond. We should note that on a separate issue of Human Rights Chinese President, Hu Jintao has said China was a newcomer to the world stage and was learning from its mistakes. This would apply to trade as well.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Africa, governments appear to be listening to the cry of their people. They are already driving harder and better-informed bargains. Angola eventually asked Chinese companies to subcontract 30 percent of the work to local firms insisting that the Chinese solicit at least three bids for every project they planned to undertake. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) negotiated a $3 billion copper-backed loan from the Chinese government to help finance railways, roads, hospitals, and universities. The Congolese government wants 10 to 12 percent of all the infrastructure work undertaken under this arrangement to be subcontracted to Congolese firms, they want no more than 20 percent of the construction workers involved to be Chinese, and they also want at least one-half of one percent of the costs of each infrastructure project be spent on worker training. And Beijing is giving in.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing is hearing what is going on in the Caribbean where they have invested billions. They are also hearing what is going on in Roseau in particular. So it should not be too long before the number of locals working on the State House project increase form 11 to a number which will have a positive impact on the internal politics playing out in the local media. This will make it much easier for our leaders at the next round of aid negotiations. Negotiate we must.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, we need the Chinese for the next phase of our development. We need their capital; to restore the Trafalgar Falls to pre-1985 conditions; to tunnel through Morne Daniel and Morne Bruce to improve traffic conditions in the capital; to reconstruct the Mattieu Dam for commercial fishing, water sports and hydro-electricity. And the list goes on. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, former president of Brazil said it best; \u201cThere can be no capitalism without capital.\u201d And Chinese capital is very appetizing at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Raymond Henderson is a Dominican studying in Belgrade, Serbia.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Dominica News Online.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many of you may not remember this, but at the height of US expansionism and communist containment 90 percent of US foreign aid went to US citizens and companies operating overseas.This included to friends, satellite states and some enemies of&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":43685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COMMENTARY: The Chinese aid question: Chicken Chow Mein or Peking Duck? 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