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2017-06-08 Africa Horn

New Chinese Rail Line Buries Kenya in Debt

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Posted by Pliny Glons2836 2017-06-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
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#1 Might help explain Kenya's buying of non-IED resistant military vehicles from China, as discussed here in a recent article.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-06-08 00:04|| 2017-06-08 00:04|| Front Page Top

#2 This man is retarded and his videos about China should not be viewed by anyone.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-06-08 01:13|| 2017-06-08 01:13|| Front Page Top

#3 I subscribe to the China Uncensored Youtube channel. You can criticize him for over sensationalising the material, but he is solid on the facts.

I'd say he is more reliable than most MSM reporting on China.

Posted by phil_b 2017-06-08 09:02|| 2017-06-08 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Kenya buried in debt due to the Chinese Rail Line? One could almost believe the Chinese were building the California High-Speed Fail System.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-06-08 09:34|| 2017-06-08 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Railways are the canals of the 21st century. Hugely expensive anachronisms.

Posted by phil_b 2017-06-08 09:51|| 2017-06-08 09:51|| Front Page Top

#6 One could almost believe the Chinese were building the California High-Speed Fail System.

Actually, that doesn't take a very big stretch of the imagination.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-06-08 11:54|| 2017-06-08 11:54|| Front Page Top

#7 ...then I owed billions an hour later!

Posted by Raj 2017-06-08 12:59|| 2017-06-08 12:59|| Front Page Top

#8 One could almost believe the Chinese were building the California High-Speed Fail System.

Now there's an idea for California, allow a couple 100 thousand illegal Chinese in to build it. It's not like they haven't built one before. Sort of allows more diversity in your population and more people you don't feel bad about discriminating against again.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-08 13:39|| 2017-06-08 13:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Surprised nobody has built a South Africa to Egypt rail line already. Terrain is a nightmare but it might really help the continent.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-06-08 14:10|| 2017-06-08 14:10|| Front Page Top

#10 ....Has to be something of value at both ends and along the line to be useful, and not ripped off by every kleptocracy along the way. The latter sort of kills off the ROI.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-08 15:42|| 2017-06-08 15:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Procopius2k, that is exactly why i would have thought the UN or NGOs would have pushed such an idea long ago.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-06-08 17:45|| 2017-06-08 17:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Surprised nobody has built a South Africa to Egypt rail line already.

Cecil Rhodes wanted to do it in the 19th century.

Posted by phil_b 2017-06-08 17:59|| 2017-06-08 17:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Party Favors

Almost like a plan
Buy it or foreclose on it
Inscrutable world

Posted by JHH 2017-06-08 19:46|| 2017-06-08 19:46|| Front Page Top

#14 Haiku! :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2017-06-08 22:30|| 2017-06-08 22:30|| Front Page Top

#15 Surprised nobody has built a South Africa to Egypt rail line already.

I know right?? I mean - half the trip is downhill init??

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