The increased investment by Western countries in Africa is a validation of the China-Africa cooperation model, which largely focuses on investment in infrastructure and has been fruitful in spurring development across the continent, says a Nigerian policy analyst.
“Made to learn?” Lol. Like how people all around the world are made to learn English because it’s effectively become a lingua franca? If learning Chinese opens up more opportunities to people in developing countries why is this a bad thing? And if Chinese ends up displacing or competing with English in importance as an international language then all the better. One more blow to the Anglo global cultural hegemony.
And afterwards, next on the chopping block to be toppled from its global cultural monopoly, Hollywood and the American film and tv industry. China has been making some impressive movies lately. Once enough people in the global south speak Chinese as a second language, for instance in business and science, they will also become open to cultural media exports from China that will subconsciously carry with them Chinese socialist values and not western liberal ones.
We’re made to take French classes here, up to high school level, but I don’t see people complaining about that. Also wouldn’t language lessons help with communicating with the workers?
“Made to learn?” Lol. Like how people all around the world are made to learn English because it’s effectively become a lingua franca? If learning Chinese opens up more opportunities to people in developing countries why is this a bad thing? And if Chinese ends up displacing or competing with English in importance as an international language then all the better. One more blow to the Anglo global cultural hegemony.
And afterwards, next on the chopping block to be toppled from its global cultural monopoly, Hollywood and the American film and tv industry. China has been making some impressive movies lately. Once enough people in the global south speak Chinese as a second language, for instance in business and science, they will also become open to cultural media exports from China that will subconsciously carry with them Chinese socialist values and not western liberal ones.
We’re made to take French classes here, up to high school level, but I don’t see people complaining about that. Also wouldn’t language lessons help with communicating with the workers?