Let me guess, they were all countries which signed up for the Chinese belt and roads debt trap!
bingo.
China: Hello Mr. Poor Country, we see you are poor and in need of infrastructure. Would you like some?
Poor Country: Of course, but that costs money.
China: Oh don't worry, we will build it for free.
Poor Country: For free? What's the catch?
China: You'll be in debt to us, but you can pay us back later. If you don't pay us back we take ownership... plus some other technicalities.
Poor Country talks among themselves "lol we can definitely pay this back. What a bunch of suckers."
Poor Country: Sure. Let's do it.
China talks amongst themselves "what a bunch of suckers"
A few years later:
Poor Country: Sorry we can not pay back the debt, we have to default.
China: that's ok. We now own the property and you have to vote with us in the UN and support us in any matters that benefit us, such as Taiwan, South China Sea, Hong Kong
America invented this shit. China is getting in on the scam. Read, ‘Confessions of an Economic Hitman’, or ‘War is a Racket’. The later was written by an American General almost 100 years ago. We’ve been at this a long time.
China keeps stealing our shit.
Asians are human Xerox machines.
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