Leah Francis Campos says curtailing Chinese influence in DR will be a priority if confirmed as US ambassador

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I would say that the DR's relationship with China is none of her business.

Re. trying to find a positive solution for Haiti, the DR needs all the help it can get and should welcome it.
The influence of China in any region is definitely of interest to the USA. With the exception of Taiwan and the immense importance of TSMC, the closer that potential influence, the more concered the USA will be. The DR is damn close.
 

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The influence of China in any region is definitely of interest to the USA. With the exception of Taiwan and the immense importance of TSMC, the closer that potential influence, the more concered the USA will be. The DR is damn close.
Why pray tell would the USA be concerned about people fleeing China to open businesses, restaurants and junk stores in the Dominican Republic. Are they spies or military operatives? They have already purchased thousands of acres of land in the U.S and attend the best university's. Do you really think they are sitting around a table at the Pentagon " Oh no, they opened another chicken shack in Santo Domingo"
 

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Why pray tell would the USA be concerned about people fleeing China to open businesses, restaurants and junk stores in the Dominican Republic. Are they spies or military operatives? They have already purchased thousands of acres of land in the U.S and attend the best university's. Do you really think they are sitting around a table at the Pentagon " Oh no, they opened another chicken shack in Santo Domingo"
It has nothing to do with that.

It is about the China's Belt and Road initiative where they lure developing nations like the DR, Sri Lanka, etc into debt traps and then take over critical infrastructure like ports, control shipping, mineral resources, etc.


The ChiComs are insidious. Take a look at the link or look up other articles on the Belt and Road initiative and you will see why the USA is going to do all it can to reduce Chinese influence.
 
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It has nothing to do with that.

It is about the China's Belt and Road initiative where they lure developing nations like the DR, Sri Lanka, etc into debt traps and then take over critical infrastructure like ports, control shipping, mineral resources, etc.


The ChiComs are insidious. Take a look at the link or look up other articles on the Belt and Road initiative and you will see why the USA is going to do all it can to reduce Chinese influence.
If that’s the concern the US should come up with better offers than the Chinese. Apart from political intentions, at ground level these are economical decisions made by these countries.
 
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If that’s the concern the US should come up with better offers than the Chinese. Apart from political intentions, at ground level these are economical decisions made by these countries.
I agree. I don't care if the USA gets labelled as imperalist if they can keep the ChiComs down.

What can the USA do in particular to prevent that from happening more than it already has in the DR?
 
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I dislike Chinese food, cars, machinery and Chinese made cloths.
I spent a lot of time in Hong Kong.
The food and their women are second to none.

I prefer quality over quantity as well so I'm not a fan of their cars, machinery or clothing either.
 

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The influence of China in any region is definitely of interest to the USA. With the exception of Taiwan and the immense importance of TSMC, the closer that potential influence, the more concered the USA will be. The DR is damn close.
It may be of interest to the USA as it is to other countries. However, I don't believe that the USA has any right to influence how the DR interacts with other countries.
 
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It may be of interest to the USA as it is to other countries. However, I don't believe that the USA has any right to influence how the DR interacts with other countries.
While I agree the reality is and has always been that major global players want to influence the world around them. Mostly not in plain sight though.
 
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It may be of interest to the USA as it is to other countries. However, I don't believe that the USA has any right to influence how the DR interacts with other countries.
It is not a question of "right" . It is a question of the desire and ability to influence.

After all , the Chinese are influencing and have already influenced the DR by causing the DR to not recognize Taiwan. Did the ChiComs have that "right"?
 

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It is not a question of "right" . It is a question of the desire and ability to influence.

After all , the Chinese are influencing and have already influenced the DR by causing the DR to not recognize Taiwan. Did the ChiComs have that "right"?
If you are referring to the Chinese, my answer is "no".
 

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ChiComs means Chinese Communists who run China so I was referring to "the Chinese"

Anyone who thinks their influence in the DR is a good thing, well,,,
Do you refer to the US government as AmeriCons, meaning American Conservatives?

As for the Chinese influence in the DR, I think the DR should be in charge of their own affairs, rather than any other country.
 
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Do you refer to the US government as AmeriCons, meaning American Conservatives?
Nope. I call them right wingers. Some far to the right I call right wing religious nut jobs.
As for the Chinese influence in the DR, I think the DR should be in charge of their own affairs, rather than any other country.
The USA will only tolerate so much Chinese influence in this region regardless of what others would like. Chicom. An actual word unlike AmeriCon.

Read it in the dictionary:


Chicom​

noun

Chi·com
ˈchī¦käm

plural-s
: a communist Chinese
 

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Nope. I call them right wingers. Some far to the right I call right wing religious nut jobs.

The USA will only tolerate so much Chinese influence in this region regardless of what others would like. Chicom. An actual word unlike AmeriCon.

Read it in the dictionary:


Chicom​

noun

Chi·com
ˈchī¦käm

plural-s
: a communist Chinese
OK, it's a "word" I never heard before but I don't know why you find you find it necessary to refer to the political system in China itself when talking about the DR. But there you go, I will say no more as your strange wording has little to do with the topic here.
 

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OK, it's a "word" I never heard before but I don't know why you find you find it necessary to refer to the political system in China itself when talking about the DR. But there you go, I will say no more as your strange wording has little to do with the topic here.
I find it necessary because Chinese Communists have already exerted their influence on many countries including the Dominican Republic. Is that hard to understand for some reason? The discussion from the OP onward is about ChiCom influence in the DR. There is nothing strange about the words. The USA is not going to allow ChiCom influence near its shores. Is that hard to understand as well?
 
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OK, it's a "word" I never heard before but I don't know why you find you find it necessary to refer to the political system in China itself when talking about the DR. But there you go, I will say no more as your strange wording has little to do with the topic here.
Well Ukpat, looks like Domnat emphasizes his opiprop this way.
 

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Nope. I call them right wingers. Some far to the right I call right wing religious nut jobs.

The USA will only tolerate so much Chinese influence in this region regardless of what others would like. Chicom. An actual word unlike AmeriCon.

Read it in the dictionary:


Chicom​

noun

Chi·com
ˈchī¦käm

plural-s
: a communist Chinese
that word goes back to the Vietnam Era