Neo-colonialist is the West, not China
Colonialism Reparation calls on the neo-colonialist West to stop using China as a scapegoat and, on the other hand, apologize and pay reparations to the former colonies, including China.
On May 3, 2014 the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang responding to allegations of Chinese neo-colonialism declared that “In its cooperation with Africa, China has always upheld the principles of equality, mutual benefit, real results, efficiency, sincerity and credibility and never attached any political strings to its assistance to Africa”.
On September 7, 2013 Chinese President Xi Jinping made one of the first Chinese proposals with an international appeal: the construction of a new land and marine Silk Road aiming at reinforcing the Euro-Afro-Asian cooperation and developing the nations involved, completely ignored by the West.
The same West that is now trying to use China as a scapegoat in an attempt to conceal the continuation of its neo-colonialist enterprises, masked in recent years as humanitarian interventions to honor the responsibility to protect. By scrolling through the list of interventions of these last decades of the United Kingdom, France, the United States, NATO and China it appears evident who today needs to protect their own interests using the military force.
Colonialism Reparation calls on the neo-colonialist West to stop using China, emerging peaceful world power, as a scapegoat and, on the other hand, apologize and pay reparations to the former colonies militarily occupied in recent centuries, including China.
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Colonialism Reparation is part of the movement for the condemnation, the reconciliation, the apologies and the compensation for colonialism. It was conceived in 2008 by a volunteer of the Italian association “Battito solidale” which, thanks to his frequent journeys to Guinea and Senegal, had the opportunity to realize which disastrous impact the colonialism still had in the daily life of billions of people and how in many nations the current situation is merely its camouflaged continuation. Colonialism Reparation promotes, supports and spreads non-violent activities aimed to create awareness of the current world situation and thereby to encourage the achievement of its objective:
– that the colonizing nations condemn their colonial past recognizing it as a crime against humanity and that the colonized nations exert pressure to make it happen
– that the colonizing nations reconcile with their past, permanently distancing themselves from it by officially apologizing the colonized nations
– that the colonizing nations compensate the colonized nations for the atrocities and abuses committed thus allowing an improvement in their socio-economic conditions.
The contribution of every person who recognizes the importance of this activity to the creation of a climate of friendship and cooperation between peoples is necessary and appreciated. This contribution will create an extremely positive precedent in international relations as well, promoting the supremacy of the “force of law” on the “law of force”.
