Papua New Guinea - resource rich but poorest in the world, after being controlled and exploited by white men

In Papua New Guinea's capital, shanty towns without electricity or water that surround modern high-rise buildings are soon to be joined by a new project in the coastal city -– a gleaming Chinatown complex.

Beijing is pouring vast sums into Papua New Guinea, a resource-rich jewel in the Pacific crown but one of the poorest countries in the world, because of its vast potential and position near crucial sea routes.

A slew of Chinese projects are popping up across Port Moresby including the $414 million complex -– Beijing's biggest investment in Papua New Guinea -- that will boast a cinema, hotel, apartments and restaurants.


But locals are aggrieved they are seeing no obvious benefit from Beijing's big spend, complaining that thousands of workers are being flown in and paid to work on large projects, only to send the money home.

"Why are we left out? What the Chinese can do, our people can do," said former MP Gabia Gagarimabu, 62.

"They are coming in and we are sitting there and watching."

Unfinished or unused Chinese projects are also raising fears about the benefits of Beijing's aid and stoking suspicion it is worsening corruption in the country.  AFP

Above is a typical report by a typical white men spreading lies and disinformation against anything China is doing. But he forgot why Papua New Guinea, a resource rich country but still the poorest in the world, after being colonised, controlled and exploited by Australia and the white men for centuries. He forgot to ask, what had the white men done to improve the lives of the natives when they had centuries to do so? Did not Australia and the Brits took a lot of resources freely or cheaply from Papua New Guinea for centuries but did nothing in return to help the natives to live a better life, with better infrastructure and facilities to improve their economic situation?

All mischievous white men would do is to pick up a few comments from ignorant natives like the MP being quoted, or misquoted, that Chinese development and Chinese money did not bring anything good to benefit the natives. So the govt must be stupid and corrupt to bring in Chinese money and investments that would not benefit the country and people.

And they are not complaining about the centuries of exploitation and robbery by the white men that enriched the white men and kept the country and its people poor. After keeping Papua New Guinea poor for centuries, like they did to the African states, they are demonising China for bringing in money and development to Papua New Guinea. China came with its own money, paid for all the raw material, minerals, precious metals and oil that China bought. The contribution of China would take time to filter down and benefit the people of Papua New Guinea. China is investing in Papua New Guinea only recently, after noticing the neglect and looting by the white men.

The white men tried to condemn China's infrastructure building as building roads to nowhere, ports for nothing as there is no trade. But with Papua New Guinea now a part of the BRI, trade would flourish, ships would come calling, to trade, to buy the produces of the land, and bring prosperity to the people and make their lives better.

What can be worst than centuries of plundering and oppression by the white men, and leaving the country as it is, with little development?

 "Why are we left out? What the Chinese can do, our people can do," said former MP Gabia Gagarimabu. Really? Really?

Bangladesh - Silly Americans think they own the world

Is Bangladesh a vassal of the United States?

Today, I am announcing a new visa policy under Section 212(a)(3)(C) (“3C”) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to support Bangladesh’s goal of holding free, fair, and peaceful national elections. Under this policy, the United States will be able to restrict the issuance of visas for any Bangladeshi individual, believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic election process in Bangladesh. This includes current and former Bangladeshi officials, members of pro-government and opposition political parties, and members of law enforcement, the judiciary, and security services. The United States notified the Bangladeshi government of this decision on May 3, 2023.

Actions that undermine the democratic election process include vote rigging, voter intimidation, the use of violence to prevent people from exercising their right to freedoms of association and peaceful assembly, and the use of measures designed to prevent political parties, voters, civil society, or the media from disseminating their views.

The holding of free and fair elections is the responsibility of everyone—voters, political parties, the government, the security forces, civil society, and the media. I am announcing this policy to lend our support to all those seeking to advance democracy in Bangladesh.

PRESS STATEMENT

ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE

MAY 24, 2023

 

Anonymous

American War Business, not about winning but about expending weapons and ordnance

As we also found out from later events, they USA could not even conquer North Korea by supporting South Korea. They were categorically defeated in Vietnam, running scared with just their pants on and tails between their legs. Of course both North Korea and North Vietnam were backed by the Russians and Chinese. Afghanistan was another glaring failure of the USA.
The manner the USA were evacuating on rooftops during the closing stages of the Vietname War showed the intensity of their fear. At the height of the Vietnam War, more than half a million USA troops were on the ground in Vietnam. USA total air superiority was without any doubt, with carpet bombing carried out day and night. While the USA was doing that, the North Vietnames were able to escape the bombing by hiding in underground bunkers. Ingenius!

Throughout their campaign in Vietnam/Indochina, the USA dropped more than 7.6 million tons of bombs, compared to 2.1 million tons by all countries during WW2. That was the devastation they were prepared to do to North Vietnam, and the Chief of Staff of US Air Forces then, Curtis LeMay, was touted to have gloated that they were going to bomb North Vietnam back to the Stone Age.

Agent Orange, the anti vegetation biological/chemical, was aerial sprayed on jungle areas that even today made the land unsuitable for agriculture and still causing deformities in newborn babies. 'Scorched Earth' mentality was on the USA minds, wanting to destroy Vietnam totally in case it falls to the North. Amid all these, no one shouted war crimes. No action by the ICC.

Then there was Afghanistan, where the USA stayed for 20 years and still lost the war to Taliban farmers bearing small arms. The USA Military fled, leaving behind billions of dollars of weapons, on top of huge numbers of US citizens left behind. Last I heard, the Taliban restored some of the weapons left behind and are able to use them. How could an improvished rag tag outfit managed to chase the USA out of Afghanistan, says a lot about comparing GDP might against fighting prowess and tenacity.

Even success in Iraq is questionable, despite George W. Bush gloating declaration of 'Mission Accomplished'. In later years he was reported to have admitted that he was too impatient to make that declaration, knowing that 20 years down the road Iraq has 'democracy' tainted by a broken dream for its citizens. The USA only succeeded in taking control of Iraq's oil, using that as a bargaining chip to control Iraq, with oil revenues under the jurisdiction of the USA.

Anonymous

Diego Garcia - An evil crime against the Islanders that the western media would not care to report

 

 12 min clip on the inhuman crimes against the native of Diego Garcia committed by the Brits and Americans, produced by Andrew Tkach and correspondent Christian Amanpour.  Where are the rights of the Diego Garcians to live in their own islands with dignity, without being bungled out of their homes, and dumped into Mauritius and Seychelles Islands because the Brits and the Americans seized their land to build a military base? Where were the western media to report on the suffering of the Diego Garcians, the massacres and violation of human rights and rights to their land?

Where is India that claimed the Indian Ocean as their backyard but allowed the Americans to build a huge military base housing nuclear weapons?

The plight of the Diego Garcians is quite similar to the plight of many islanders, eg the Hawaiians, the Luchuns or Okinawans. The Luchuns were massacred by the Japanese in a racial and cultural genocide. Why are the western main media keeping silence about the plight to the Hawaiians and Luchuns?

The Luchuns are fighting for their independence just like the Hawaiians and the Diego Garcians. These are the real stuff, not the fake news about Xinjiang and Taiwan. In the case of the Luchuns or Okinawans, after WW2, the Ryukyu Islands were supposed to be returned to the Luchuns, the natives of the islands. The Americans had temporary administrative control of the islands like the Diaoyu Islands. But the treacherous Americans struck a deal with Japan with Japan allowing the Americans to build a military base on the Ryukyu islands. For this deal, the Americans illegally handed the control of the islands to Japan in the 1972. 

Since then, Japan conducted a systemic racial and cultural genocide against the Luchuns, massacring many of time like the Americans extinguishing the native Americans to take full control of their lands. The Luchuns, like the native Americans, lost their lands, culture and lives to become a minority in their own land. The Japanese flooded the islands with many Japanese to replace the Luchuns.

There is no outcry against the genocides of the Luchuns and the native Americans or the Hawaiians by the western media.

India and China, two ancient civilisations the white men failed to conquer

China and India must be fortunate not to lose their land, heritage and culture, and suffered the same fate as the Native American Indians and Australian Aborigines. Had that happened, Chinese and Indians would be living in reservations, and nothing progressive to talk about becoming world powers. Their numbers would have been decimated to rival the Native American Indians and Aborigines. Chinese bananas would not have been able to move around and settle in countries they choose today, just like the Native American Indians.
China and India are ancient civilisations with deep seated religious heritage and cultural roots, which were able to withstand the onslaught of the West offering their religious doctrine, which had been successfully used to corce and brainwashed those Native American Indians and Australian Aborigines. These Natives have basically tribal and fragmented background heritage, thereby enabling the Whites to steal their land much more easily.

China and India did not fall for the religious ruse of the Brits earlier, like the Native American Indians. LKY said in no uncertain terms that the attempt to convert China and India wholly to Christianity was a massive attempt, and met with equally massive failure, with few getting converted eventually. They did try, leveraging on their success earlier in North America and Australia, but were not capable of overturning the centuries old beliefs of the Chinese and Indians.

Moreover, like South Africa, China and India have large populations that cannot easily be overwhelmed by force. And they are not as backward as the Native American Indians, who were not able to fight back against superior weaponry. Africa is now purging the Anglo Saxon Whites from the continent in a big way, with South Africa setting the example as a founding member of BRICS.

But the Anglo Saxon Whites are still trying hard to take down China, after failing in their religious agenda. They tried drugging the Chinese using the Opium, tried breaking up China into sectors to be controlled by the 8 Nations, tried to stiffle China using trade wars, tried using biological means aka COVID19 viruses which will kill half the population of China, all of which met with little success of dragging China down. Now the Anglo Saxon Whites are ganging up, together with Japan and South Korea, to bring down China by resorting to technology sanctions. What does not kill China will eventually make her even stronger. They better not forget this saying.

The Whites never would miss any opportunity to hype up the China threat whenever and wherever they meet, form alliances whose objective is openly touted as countering China, create paranoia against anything made in China, be it huge quayside cranes, substation transformers, solar panels, telecommunication systems, toasters, washing machines, consumer electronics, weather balloons and even toilet seats. And they never face up to their internal national security threats posed by the USA spying regime, even when caught red-handed. Stupidity really has no cure or should I say no guts to face up to the bully.

Anonymous