Why China’s Global South Diplomacy Is Such a Challenge for the United States

Remember when poor countries didn’t matter? Those halcyon days when an American president could call them shitholes and nobody would mind? Those days have just ended. 

In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal broke a story in June that China will pay Cuba several billion dollars to set up a listening station 100 miles from Florida. 

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by Cobus van Staden

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