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Fails
WP:OR,
WP:NPOV,
WP:UNDUE. It is speculative, un-academic, biased, un-enciclopedic, with a lot of allegations, assumptions, talking more about what others are saying about, rather than what China is doing, inaccurately presenting commercial (bank) loans/investments in a bad light as if
IMF or
WB aren't doing the same thing.
Daduxing (
talk)
16:29, 13 December 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep but improve for
WP:NPOV and
WP:UNDUE. The topic is widely discussed in media and notable for inclusion, but the article as currently written is heavily dependent on the US-dominated narrative that paints everything that China does in a negative light. Before the recent rise of China, the developing world had long been heavily dependent on the West for loans and not infrequently "trapped" into financial crises, yet the article covers none of the history. As
Financial Times has shown, China only holds 20% of Africa's foreign debt (the majority still held by the West), and African public opinion has largely rejected the negative US narrative, see
"Why thinking of China debt trap diplomacy is a fallacy",
"The language of “debt-trap diplomacy” reflects Western anxieties, not African realities". These views need to be added for balance. -
Zanhe (
talk)
00:56, 15 December 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep. Likewise - I heard of the concept, not this specific term. Per my BEFORE it is quite clearly notable. There is perhaps room for a rename to
Debtbook diplomacy (which is also fairly widely used), and there might be scope for a merge if someone finds a viable topic (e.g. possibly -
Checkbook diplomacy (which creates debts) or
Commercial diplomacy (less likely)) - but it is fairly obvious that the term is notable.
Icewhiz (
talk)
15:04, 19 December 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep - Meets
WP:GNG. Do a DuckDuckGo search and boom!, the first result is a
CNBC report on Chinese debt trap diplomacy and neocolonialism in Latin America. I've added a whole new section to the article as a result.
XavierItzm (
talk)
22:18, 19 December 2018 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
Fails
WP:OR,
WP:NPOV,
WP:UNDUE. It is speculative, un-academic, biased, un-enciclopedic, with a lot of allegations, assumptions, talking more about what others are saying about, rather than what China is doing, inaccurately presenting commercial (bank) loans/investments in a bad light as if
IMF or
WB aren't doing the same thing.
Daduxing (
talk)
16:29, 13 December 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep but improve for
WP:NPOV and
WP:UNDUE. The topic is widely discussed in media and notable for inclusion, but the article as currently written is heavily dependent on the US-dominated narrative that paints everything that China does in a negative light. Before the recent rise of China, the developing world had long been heavily dependent on the West for loans and not infrequently "trapped" into financial crises, yet the article covers none of the history. As
Financial Times has shown, China only holds 20% of Africa's foreign debt (the majority still held by the West), and African public opinion has largely rejected the negative US narrative, see
"Why thinking of China debt trap diplomacy is a fallacy",
"The language of “debt-trap diplomacy” reflects Western anxieties, not African realities". These views need to be added for balance. -
Zanhe (
talk)
00:56, 15 December 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep. Likewise - I heard of the concept, not this specific term. Per my BEFORE it is quite clearly notable. There is perhaps room for a rename to
Debtbook diplomacy (which is also fairly widely used), and there might be scope for a merge if someone finds a viable topic (e.g. possibly -
Checkbook diplomacy (which creates debts) or
Commercial diplomacy (less likely)) - but it is fairly obvious that the term is notable.
Icewhiz (
talk)
15:04, 19 December 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep - Meets
WP:GNG. Do a DuckDuckGo search and boom!, the first result is a
CNBC report on Chinese debt trap diplomacy and neocolonialism in Latin America. I've added a whole new section to the article as a result.
XavierItzm (
talk)
22:18, 19 December 2018 (UTC)reply
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