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14. Wow. China has destroyed most its own forests and

Reply to disalitervisum (Reply #11)

Fri Jan 12, 2018, 03:26 AM

Jan 2018

wildlife. That's why they have to import timber from us. And since they do not respect animals as we do, I suspect they'll drive what's left of Africa's magnificent wildlife to extinction.

I googled and found an interesting and relevant article from a couple of years ago (I hope its premise is true):

Chinese firms buy, lease far less African farmland than thought - book
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-africa-food-china/chinese-firms-buy-lease-far-less-african-farmland-than-thought-book-idUKKCN0S61DE20151012

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Ex Presidents should speak up NOW [View all] wt1531 Jan 2018 OP

NOW. n/t onecaliberal Jan 2018 #1

Wouldn't that be something? MontanaMama Jan 2018 #2

Yes! President Carter, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43 and Obama Boomerproud Jan 2018 #3

exactly NM wt1531 Jan 2018 #4

For the love of humanity, ginnyinWI Jan 2018 #5

They should hold a press conference and Duppers Jan 2018 #6

Yes, this is how empires crumble. Trumpanzees think he is strong, but his reaction is weak. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #7

Yes, China has been purchasing or arranging the leasing of arable land in Africa for years disalitervisum Jan 2018 #11

Wow. China has destroyed most its own forests and Duppers Jan 2018 #14

+1+++ zentrum Jan 2018 #8

Obama owes nothing to anyone. Bush is a coward AlexSFCA Jan 2018 #9

"Owes"? Duppers Jan 2018 #15

Former Presidents defend the dignity of the office, but only current members of our government Raven123 Jan 2018 #10

The Republican Party is quickly devolving into TheDemsshouldhireme Jan 2018 #12

I'm pretty sure none of the ex-presidents voted for Trump. nt SunSeeker Jan 2018 #13

No, Americans need to speak up in force. We do not need to wait for the mfcorey1 Jan 2018 #16