China actually helps global south countries. If by imperialism you mean gathering support for their own agenda, sure. But they’re offering material support to Cuba and Venezuela and helping African countries get out of the current neocolonial order.
It’s too early to tell if China will eventually be like the western powers, but so far they haven’t shown signs of being like that. Hell, they forgave debts in several African countries. That’s absolutely the opposite of how the western powers conduct themselves in the global south. Ideally we need to develop to be independent from everyone, but until China actually shows itself to be imperialist let’s not cheapen the word or mislead people on the stark differences in Chinese vs western diplomacy.
China actually helps global south countries. If by imperialism you mean gathering support for their own agenda, sure. But they’re offering material support to Cuba and Venezuela and helping African countries get out of the current neocolonial order.
It’s too early to tell if China will eventually be like the western powers, but so far they haven’t shown signs of being like that. Hell, they forgave debts in several African countries. That’s absolutely the opposite of how the western powers conduct themselves in the global south. Ideally we need to develop to be independent from everyone, but until China actually shows itself to be imperialist let’s not cheapen the word or mislead people on the stark differences in Chinese vs western diplomacy.