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Several reasons. Firstly, the Chinese never enslaved Africans or ruled them. Secondly, they don't care about dictatorship and human rights abuses.
Thirdly, there wasn't a lot of difference between capitalist and communist countries in Africa during the cold war. Both were poor, tyrannical and supported by foreign superpowers. The difference is that America was one of the two foreign superpowers. China, while sharing ideology with the other, wasn't involved.
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... I am surprised at your insolence in writing to me at all. You know, as I know, that I bought this constituency... may God's curse light upon you and may it make your women as open and as free to the excise officers as your wives and daughters have always been to me while I have represented your scoundrel corporation.
I have the honour to be... your obliged humble servant, Anthony Henley
- MPs reply to constituent, mid 1700s
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