📕 subnode [[@ryan/20210403143428 is_china_imperialist]] in 📚 node [[20210403143428-is_china_imperialist]]

China is imperialist

  • China extracts wealth from peripherial countries in Africa

China is not imperialist

  • China is a semiperipherial country in the capitalist world order

  • As such, China transfers most of its surplus value to core countries than it receives from the periphery, despite developing extractive relationships with peripherial countries

  • China complements the imperialist center

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