In his New Year greetings to Xi, Thongloun said that with Xi’s care and guidance, traditional Laos-China friendship has grown stronger, political mutual trust has deepened, and their comprehensive strategic cooperation has yielded fruitful results.
Thongloun has pledged to instruct various departments of his country to work with the Chinese side to ensure the success of the celebrations marking the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the friendship year, build a Laos-China community with a shared future with high standards, high quality and high level, and continue to elevate bilateral relations and practical cooperation in all fields to new heights in the new era, setting an example for building a community with a shared future for humanity.
It isn’t just a baseless “trust me bro,” China daily just reported on diplomacy between Laos and China. Either way, it sounds like you’re confusing the potential for bad for bad itself, for the time being there’s absolutely nothing to suggest China taking advantage of Laos.
My point is that no bad has been done, and you’re acting like it has been, simply because China is loaning Laos money for development as two socialist countries.
Here’s what Thongloun said:
It isn’t just a baseless “trust me bro,” China daily just reported on diplomacy between Laos and China. Either way, it sounds like you’re confusing the potential for bad for bad itself, for the time being there’s absolutely nothing to suggest China taking advantage of Laos.
The potential for bad is bad. It’s why benevolent dictatorship is still bad.
Let’s not forget the long history of vassal state politicians praising and thanking their subjugator.
Again, I think this is better than what the USA does, but it’s still worthy of criticism.
My point is that no bad has been done, and you’re acting like it has been, simply because China is loaning Laos money for development as two socialist countries.