IS China a new imperial power threatening some of the developing economies in Asia and Africa? This is a perception that is being promoted by certain China watchers in universities and think tanks mainly in the West, various politicians and by a segment of the global NGO community.
The peddlers of this perception argue that by giving out loans for development to poor countries, China is snaring them in a debt trap. It is a trap to ensure that they are perpetually under China’s control.
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