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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5570261" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>The EU didn't exist in 1883.  However Germany was a colonial power which gave it wealth to give its citizens benefits by exploiting primarily Africa.  Do you approve of Colonialism?  I thought you wanted to help developing nations, not exploit them?  You talk about China's trains.  China has to import 85% of its fuel and raw commodities to manufacture goods.  Where do you think all that is coming from?  They have given huge loans to African nations that are difficult to pay back so they take African resources as payment.  As they intended all along which is fine with the African leaders because they make big money.  Meanwhile Africans are still poor.  But hey, China has neat trains!</p></blockquote><p></p>