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Re:Thriving on China's Belt and Road, Laos border town ditch... by rhaway84773 on Monday November 28, 2022 @06:38AM (#33772371)
The obvious datapoint that Laos will fall is the failure of all the other Belt and Road initiatives.

Sri Lanka is the obvious one. But even Pakistan has lost access to vast swathes of its territory which are policed by the Chinese, and has little to show for it. The infrastructure being built’s only purpose is to make transport of Chinese goods easier.

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Re:Thriving on China's Belt and Road, Laos border town ditch... by badrabbit on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:22PM (#33779897)
Sri lanka is in talks with China to restructure debt and Pakistan is a nuclear power it won't just lose territory unless it was intentional, hard to say they have little to show for it when the road isn't complete.
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