They are and to be fair there's truth to both sides. The way it looks on paper it looks bad, but the mechanism they've been taking leads to a conclusion it's not what anyone thinks it is.
Also, if it was a debt trap you'll have more African leaders opposed to China. That's not the case. They actually prefer to work with the Chinese than the US and more specifically European nations
sigmaluckynine t1_jefeveh wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in China calls US debt trap accusation 'irresponsible' by BubsyFanboy
They are and to be fair there's truth to both sides. The way it looks on paper it looks bad, but the mechanism they've been taking leads to a conclusion it's not what anyone thinks it is.
Also, if it was a debt trap you'll have more African leaders opposed to China. That's not the case. They actually prefer to work with the Chinese than the US and more specifically European nations