She just said "replace China", but netizens in developing countries quit
At the Group of Seven (G7) meeting on June 26, European Commission President von der Leyen pointed out that Europe will try to raise about 300 billion euros of funds to finance developing countries to "replace Chinese investment in these places". .
For this statement, many netizens in developing countries began to scold.
According to Reuters, von der Leyen told a briefing at the G7 meeting that Europe will raise 300 billion euros over the next five years to help developing countries complete infrastructure construction.
She said the funds would come from various sources, private and public in Europe, in order to "counter Chinese investment in 'Belt and Road' projects" and replace Chinese investment locally.
Based on other reports, this 300 billion euro project is part of a $600 billion project announced by the G7 for infrastructure investment in the third world.
Although von der Leyen smugly described her "generousness" as "bringing development opportunities to our developing country partners", her phrase "confronting China" clearly exposed her and some Western countries' true attitude towards international cooperation , causing many netizens to ridicule and criticize her speech.
A netizen pointed out a very pointed question: Why did Von der Leyen speak of "replacement" instead of "supplement" beyond Chinese funds?
Does she mean that developing countries must choose between the West and China?
But why does international aid engage in this kind of "choose one"?
Some people think of the long-term plundering of the Third World by the West. This netizen called von der Leyen and the Western interest groups she represented "robbers" and "slave owners", and pointedly pointed out the money in the hands of the robbers and slave owners. , and they also won it by trickery.
Following this logic, we can find that when someone repays a portion of the stolen money to the victim in order to fight against their opponents, it is at best an atonement with impure motives, and it is far from helpful.
Other netizens also mentioned that before China helped developing countries, these Western countries, who had played the disgraceful role of "colonialists" in the past, never seemed to think of helping these places, but now they suddenly "turned their sexes", nothing more than Going to fight against China.
Therefore, one of the foreign netizens responded to Von der Leyen and said: Keep your money!
We do not welcome colonists!
Speaking of China's help and investment in the third world, just two days ago, Zhang Zhisheng, the Chinese Consul General in Zanzibar, Tanzania, released a video about Chinese companies helping local residents to dig wells. Cheers and applauds for the solution of the water problem.
And also in the comment area, under this tweet, many African netizens sincerely thank China for helping them solve many problems, and they are also full of confidence in the future economic cooperation between China and Africa.
And when China has actually completed many similar construction achievements in many countries, not long after the announcement of the "$600 billion plan" of the G7, even the New York Times had to admit that the plan promised Funding is "a mix of public and private money, with no guarantee that it will materialize".
On the one hand, there are visible and tangible results, and on the other hand, there is no guarantee that they will be fulfilled. The majority of netizens have rave reviews about China and ridicule Von der Leyen, so it seems logical.
This is reminiscent of the old saying: the eyes of the masses are sharp.