See also: India and the British. But that doesn't make it right. And the Belgians (and the British) like most of the other colonial powers have a long history of terrible crimes against humanity on their books.

If you look at the history of the opium wars and the century of humiliation you can see clearly the Chinese mindset and why it's so unapologetic.

See Congo crisis after the Belgians left

See 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad and that was written in 1899. The Belgian conquest of Congo remains one of the darkest periods of human history littered with crimes against humanity.

Since this is so well known once can only assume you have no idea what you are talking about. [1][2][3][4][5][6].

Congo is currently a global center of valuable minerals for western companies and has been plundered ruthlessly for 300 years by the west.

It's like pointing to the sorry state of Iraq, Libya or Syria 50 years on to insinuate some deficiency while forgetting to mention the complete destruction and devastation of these countries on brazenly false pretexts by western governments.

1. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-2439639

2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/22/congo.rorycarr...

3. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2002/10/cong-o26.html

4. https://www.thesiriusreport.com/geopolitics/silent-genocide-...

5. https://newint.org/features/2004/05/01/congo

6. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/01/blood-min...

Didn't read?

> I'm not saying it was ever good, but at a later stage, a lot improved. I believe mostly because of world wide media and things that leaked ( stealing resources,...), Which put a lot of pressure on the government