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Italy Joins China's New Silk Road Project

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132 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 23 Mar 19 13:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.319s | source
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Leary ◴[23 Mar 19 15:13 UTC] No.19470770[source]▶
If the US wants to counter China's Belt and Road Project, it should offer a suitable alternative instead of merely talking about how it's debt trap diplomacy.
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chelovek89 ◴[23 Mar 19 16:36 UTC] No.19471121[source]▶
It’s more like your friend pointing out your bad spending habits and telling you not to get a payday loan.
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1. Strom ◴[23 Mar 19 19:39 UTC] No.19472001[source]▶
That's a nice thought but doesn't balance well with the $1 trillion debt to China that US themselves have. Almost as if the US doesn't want other countries to prosper using Chinese money. Goes well with the America First slogan.

To be clear, I'm not saying that the Chinese money doesn't come with baggage. However I think it's ridiculous to believe that the US is on some altruistic lookout for others here, as opposed to just being interested in maximising US benefits.