Why a private US military firm is of value to China’s belt and road mission

blackwater was basically a black budget project that more or less went "public". hiring their services because they're "more experienced" is like extortion under threat of assassination/kidnapping and industrial sabotage. a large reason why chinese projects have been successful is because of low costs of chinese workers and project managers relative to western wages. they're more or less demanding protection money. chinese are considered a society wide threat by the american government. no doubt chinese bosses are considered high value targets. of course us military isn't going to directly attack a chinese installation yet so they will use rebel groups they fund and arm by proxy. you know how it goes: if you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

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