China builds influence in East Timor 14 October 2008

[Microglia1]

Another BS Western Propaganda....The Chinese have done good for most of SE Asia....I mean I would not mind see them occupy places like Papua New Guinea--just the name alone sounds so Western...the people deserve their own right to self-determination

[Doraemonchina]

Most bullshit comments here 60% from the West, 20% from Japan, India, South Korea faggots, and 20% left were coming from Vietnamese jealous trolls.

Don't trust what the jerks say but look at what they have done to your country!!!

[tungchankiet]

chines going to suck all of your blood soon

[Doraemonchina]

@tungchankiet You are such a pure low life looser Viet gook!!!!

[tungchankiet]

chines going to suck all of your blood soon

[poorsillyboy]

East timor is gonna end up like Tibet...the temorese will be prisoners/slaves in there own country while China rapes them over and over again until chinese cultural students will be recreating temorese culture dances and cerimonies while what's left of the temorese will be watching from the gutter! BIG MISTAKE.

[sharkcrocodile]

the more u create hatred the more u have to pay. it is better to grow together. live together happily.

[sharkcrocodile]

bullshit america. look at the freeport gold mining in irian jaya, indonesia. the american rip off the indonesian. shit fuck USA fuck the whitebread. american and the european riped off indonesia a lot.

[456japan]

@sharkcrocodile absolutely,it makes my blood boil to see their former colonizers sit back on their arses and do nothing.they fuckin stole everything from these people and havnt given jack shit back.......i would file a multi billion dollar lawsuit and make those bastards pay.

[sharkcrocodile]

the story goes from a to z. the simplest is that the west will have to pay for what the do and did.

[lordangelic]

Fuck off western medias, all asian people can see the truth for themselves...no asian countries have survived the colonial period unscathed, western propaganda speaks fewer words than what they see for themselves....

[virtuous8]

So glad that China is helping these ingratitude fuckers.

[BuyYourselfABookOr3]

what's an ingratitude fucker

[Flightlevel23]

@virtuous8 You fucking dud your sentence doesn't even make sense!

[Odinop]

Anjing semuanya. fucking DOLLAR!

[Hadimful]

Viva Indonesia!!!! have free Timor Leste.....

[NeiLoMei]

Lol of course China wants resources. Who else has helped East Timor tap its resources? In the long term how much jobs is that gonna make for the East Timor people. China is doing it in a legit business way and that is worse than invading it with military power? .. this is a joke... more anti china bs..

[aeromarine26]

Pure bastards....again planting their seeds in another man's land......watch your backs...they will screw you over in no time

[wymSL]

Stupid locals, if you want to work take that 3$/day job, if not, just go to find other jobs. what's the point of complaining?

[khalidshou]

3 USD per day? Eough for them, check their GDP per capita.

[lthp]

So its better off without foreign investments? China wants oil- everyone knows that. East Timor needs money. Whats wrong with that? So its trade between the two governments. Do really you think if the money to build a building or a few infrastructures can solve their poverty? No. China does not govern East Timor but doing business as usual. Worried? Too bad its happening anyway.

[QottonMouth]

same fuqing shyt as US. all those big dots are same, so fuq yawl!!

leave other nation alone, fuqs!!!

[briarsuchsuch]

wow China helped the country's government built a house! such atrocity against humanity! err fed up

[at72bd]

Wow, China's gonna fuck up another country, oppress their people, and take all their natural resources! / gothkillya 100% right

[polygamous1]

haha like Kissinger did? when Indonesia was attacked one in 3 murdered but the oil contracts were of course signed B4 the us gave the indonesians the go ahead

kissinger said i deserve a metal keeping east timor massagre out of the news we all know about america demogratizing others iraq? 1.2M dead a uk survey nearly a year ago agfan panama almost all mid east But syria iran

[3dlegoman]

hey that is better than slavery....

[hoplite11]

Mankind has progressed. What the Chinese is doing is 100 times better than what the European colonial powers did.

[knightontherock]

*cough*

[codeagent47]

During the colonial period,, the European just took over weaker countries without thinking!!!

[lert14]

Is it right or a perfect deal, if these are prepared for US, isn't it?

[salarsatti123]

atleast your getting some u fags

[finzizi]

china the best. fuck the rest..

[jackleelee]

haha, China is following the footsteps of their European/American counterparts, which make some people jealous...

[gothkillya]

Wow, China's gonna fuck up another country, oppress their people, and take all their natural resources! GO TO HELL YOU CHINESE SCUM!

[onegoodman66]

China, how dare you do the same thing our western countries did many years ago? How dare you?

[Ameer18]

@onegoodman66 so just because the west fucked the third world when it had control means china has the right to now?

[shalynyong17]

I think that the Chinese government should have just given the $5million to the poverty stricken people instead. José Ramos-Horta is a brilliant president, I must say. But $5million for his house? Must as well have given it to all the people who really need it.

[seakeeker]

Grapes are sour

[plak1288]

Plain Western jealousy. Australia bullied E. Timor to sign away her oil resources, USA gave Timor over to the Indonesian Army to genocide 200,000 civilians, Britain exported arms to Indonesia for use in E. Timor. Shameless Westerners. This is pure business dealings. Why don't you West invest in poor Timor? Cos you can't get fat profits. 3 US Dollar a day IS THE LEGAL WAGE OF A FACTORY WORKER IN CHINA. What r you cpmplaining about ?

[vne1981]

Three dollars a day is not enough for any worker, wether they are in China or Timor, they deserve better. Just because our governments have let Timor down (I agree with you) doesn't mean we don't try to help as individuals, so a little less of the 'shameless westerners' comments please.

[MariusChivu838814]

@plak1288 yeah fuck them..Timor Leste belong to Indonesia

[teikucay]

@plak1288 See also, VICTIMS OF FRETILIN (Commies)

[vne1981]

The poor people of Timor Leste are being exploited again.

[vne1981]

Australia should be doing more for our neighbour, instead of plundering their resources. Succesive Australian govts have let the people of Timor Leste down to many times. If China and Cuba want to provide aid to the Timorese in return for alliance, then who can blame them for accepting it. The Australian government can and must do more to help Timor by providing medical and developmental aid and by handing over a larger slice of profits gained by exploiting Timors resources.Without the military.

[lorosae7]

If you walk around Timor there are chinese everywhere, from construction workers, street vendors, prostitutes, etc. Most of them came after ET independence. I condemned the government policy!

[lthp]

a guy sells t-shirt. you ask him wondering why its so expensive. he responds " I am here to make money". In this case its trade. Whether you think of it as ethical or not -your powerless and your thoughts are trivial. The government there makes those decisions fair and square in their rules. Fairness is a commodity

[Damnedsoul8]

China...always trying to invade its neighbors...the age of taking over countries with force is over, but China has not realized this

[ok226]

Can u list the examples of your point of view, which neighbors that China invaded them? otherwise, u are talking about bullshit.

[Damnedsoul8]

hm let see...Tibet... Taiwan...part of Mongolia...there are disputes in the india region...

[ok226]

Tibet, Taiwan are parts of China whatever u think about according to United Nations Charter.Besides,this is the realistic situation in this real political world. Respect your personal point of view but it can not change the status by you.

By the way, there were thousands of wars last for entire human's living. Only the strong nations can standout, e.g. Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, UK, USA(Russian),,,,,.

[Damnedsoul8]

Well, the UN is heavily influenced by China and Russia, who both have veto power

[ChipProcessor32]

@Damnedsoul8:

"...the age of taking over countries with force is over.."

Really?? The last time any countries invaded other soverign countries was when US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, and Russia invaded Georgia. Also when USSR occupied Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iraq invaded Kuwait.

Wtf does China have to do with this.

[waki26]

The Chinese might get some benefit but they are helping to develope the East Timur. Remember when you are poor others do not bother about you. Don't be afraid of Chinese. They don't conquer or colonize but live together. See many South East Asian countries, if without the Chinese they will be much more poverty. Chinese do make pofit but they generate the economy.

[BobbyDSX]

In fact, $3/day is the LEGAL wage in Timor Leste, a small chinese shop employs 2-4 timorese staffs, mostly women, if 100 chinese shops x 4 = 400 timorese women employed. Why critize china?? it wasn't china who wanted to get more (illegal) share of the offshore oil in Timor's Sea...shame, shame, shame

[ipfreak]

a chinese labor get paid for $36 a day? bullshit, unless he is sr engineer or manager something like that ...

[banzaidawan]

bigbadsnortinhippo: Tibet has been a part of China for over 700 years.

[southbobby]

enough of the propaganda. america has a unemployment problem and is scared of raising china.i don't see any troops there.

[onegoodman66]

The western world should stop bitching...In the past decades, what have they done to help East Timor. Whether it is for the nature resource or not, China is at least building some real infrastructures there, right now. So fvck off, westerners!

[Nailorotiris]

@onegoodman66 both you and those motherfucker western...you all cut the shit of man!!

Listen fagots and let me be crystal clear, If my country will produce only 0.5 % of China's 6 million of graduates then by next 20 years we will be the second SINGAPORE also we will no longer need you mother fucker Chinese and Australians to came our country just to steal our oil, build our buildings, houses, selling your fucking smell cunts and your fake products there.

[lagrangewei]

btw beijing has 5 trillion debt in debt. the reserve is really building on chinese saving, it doesn't profit from the money, the government has to pay interest so the bank can pay interest to the people.

[banzaidawan]

lagrangewei: No, China's national debt is US$ 580 Billion or 18 % of GDP. That's in comparison to U.S. national debt of US$ 10 TRILLION or 77 % of GDP.

[lagrangewei]

my err.

[lagrangewei]

1 trillion is one THOUSAND million. pls check your math. -.-

[mssv19123]

I think sooner or later Muslim will Islamify the British people. Look at the misery when they go about bombing the Iraqis & Afghanis. I hope many muslim migrate to their country and change their religion & constitution to stop being so feudalistic as still worshipping the Queen of England. Its better for the British to pray for Allah and change themselve to become Republic of Islam Island of England. Perhaps in another 20 years time.

[ihatealkatiri]

youre dreaming, muslim piece of shit. many of moderate muslim don't think that way. youre fucked in the head. fuck off

[mercihei]

china does not invade other countries as rest of the Rich countries do. That's simple.

[bg24955]

give me a break!!!

"china is interested in multi-million dollar fishery business."

beijing has $1.9 trillion foreign reserve. 1 trillion is one million million. think about it.

[xuedanyaya]

This is the ridiculous "aid" our Chinese government is sending out.The stupid corrupt Communist officials should have helped with local people to win the hearts of the ordinary folks in the democracy,not their same corrupt government counterparts.Even when we Chinese government won the deals throught "aiding" the government,we would lose in the long run with the protesting from local people.Take the example in Sudan and Nigeria,governments there side with us but the people don't.

[narcissusrimbaud]

this kind of tv is absofukinglutely stupid. 3 dollars per day means 21 RMBs per day and means 630 RMBs per month. I doubt if in China the same job is paid as high as this!

Because the bloody brits has invaded all over the world, they think everybody else would do the same as them. Stupidity and ignorance will finally bury the once-glory civilization.

[Ludendorf01]

Makes sense, Australia sends in soldiers to give the East Timorese freedom from Indonesia.

And they repay us by letting China get a foothold near our borders.

We should have left them to rot under the Indonesian government.

[mssv19123]

It is this kind of racist news like Al Jazeera with their bias reporting and promoting their owner media agenda that's causing hardship to people all over the world. What bloody hypocrites!! It's no wonder middle east is in such a bloody mess with these kind of mindset of people around, full of hate, bias, bigotry and racist!

[mssv19123]

What the f*ck wrong with Al Jazeera?? The PRC is helping East Timor and fair trade for them to compete and survive in this harsh reality of world. They are not like Whites & stupid caste Indians,Arab sheikhs type with their condescesnding attitude of either banned, sanction and let those East Timoreans to rot for not sharing their democracy view, religions, or accepting their superiority over them.China come, offer friendship, trade and bring their social & economic std higher. Stupid bias news!

[sonymama]

yeah, i am chinese, we definetely come that fuccking place for money! what else, we care?? yeah, you are right, we do same thing like the other countries.

[abas90]

Nobody western medias screamed and came to East Timor's help when Australia force and steal oil fields from East Timor's internal water when it first become independent.

Now, ET is smarter, it is developing relationship with China to balance Australia's overbearing influence on it.

[mrdx21]

They got British journalists working for a terrorist television??

[ikran2007]

then why are u in terrorist tv

[jerkinp]

Getting paid $3 dollars may suck while brought in Chinese workers are getting paid $36. But China is forking over all of the cash. The people of East Timor should be angry with their government for making such deals that do not benefit the majority of people as a whole.

[lershahid]

Usually expats get paid more than local workers. This is true everywhere in the world. $3 per day is probably more than the average income of East Timorese (check wikipedia, East Timor average income)....blue collar workers making above average income is rare in most countries in the world.

So, instead of having $3 per day, is the alternative, unemployment, a better choice?

[mullacy2]

East Timor cannot catch a break. So much tragedy :(

*kiwi accent spotted (reporter)*

[Ariji86]

china, the country of one-child policy

[latuscaff]

If its not china it will be America...

[CelestialKindred]

Is Al Jazeera brain damaged?

Helping poor countries is to be blamed?

[PauloGVieira]

The point of this story is that China's aid is not altruistic. Do you think it a coincidence that Timor has huge oil and gas reserves that are yet to be tapped?

[banzaidawan]

PauloGViera: Yet, it beats invading an oil rich country for its oil, like the U.S. with Iraq.

[PauloGVieira]

What about China's support for the genocidal government of Sudan in return for oil?

Step off your pedestal, you are in no position to lecture.

[abas90]

PGV:

A lot of countries, including Russia, India, and western countries, trades goods, including oil, with Sudan. A lot of countries, including Sudan's neighbors, doesn't support sanctions against sudan. so, what is your point?

maybe you need to step off your pedestal first?

[PauloGVieira]

What is your point? Russia, India and Sudan's neighbours are hardly beacons for human rights so I am not at all surprise they support Sudan. What pleasant company you keep.

[abas90]

How about USA, UK, France, Canada, Portugal..etc? they all trade with Sudan.

[PauloGVieira]

Ummmm you do realise the EU has sanctions on Sudan.

I cannot speak for the nouveau riche in the USA and Canada.

[alfhalfling]

no not the Eu countys

but this clip is about East Timor near indonisia far away from sudan

no connection at all

[Type59]

Al jazeera english, is staffed by ex BBC and other former western nations staff. Thats why it resembles foreign channels sometimes.

[ManufacturedThoughts]

China = next possible Terrorist State. Who knows in order to get the US and EU out of their economic depression China might become the next World War battle field. WW2 ended the First Great Depression how do you really think the second will end?

[nuttierthanthou]

so much bad leadership in the world

[sabsantantore]

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