Israel Gives China 400 million dollar loan

Huh

Can anyone reason why Israel would provide a loan for China, who would in turn loan some money to Iran?????



On second thoughts I wonder whether this is better post is better merged with the China Iran Thread, as I think theres a connection somewhere

So, US give money to Israel, whom then give money to China, whom in turn give money back to the US. what a strange world we all live in...

bladerunner said:

Huh

Can anyone reason why Israel would provide a loan for China, who would in turn loan some money to Iran?????

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On second thoughts I wonder whether this is better post is better merged with the China Iran Thread, as I think theres a connection somewhere

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Ok you thought of that out of nowhere...and you expect this thread to move there automatically just like that? At least give us some sources to back up your claim. Shouldn't you know how this forum works already?

is there a international treaty that China signed which prohibits it from giving loans to iran? if there isnt then this thread ought to be modified a lil.

ravenshield936 said:

Ok you thought of that out of nowhere...and you expect this thread to move there automatically just like that? At least give us some sources to back up your claim. Shouldn't you know how this forum works already?

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I had some thoughts when I first read the story, but maybe Im typing in the wrong search criteria at yahoo, as its not returning very much old info about the loan only the more recent stuff.

I could understand Israel giving China a loan in the mid 1990's with most countries wanting a piece of the "China action" and China needed the money (much of which was probably negotiated before then)so the only info is a billion dollars spread over how long? meanwhile the current loan is the third part of the overall loan.

Im wondering did it slow down and stop during the intervening years when relations with Israel soured a little? If it hadnt soured and had been ongoing since 1995, whats the big deal with publicizing it now?

If it had soured why is it being ressucitated now? Is Israel trying to improve its geopolitical situation with China because of the Iran Question? In todays enviroment the amount of the loan is hardly a big deal, but as one poster pointed out the money go round makes strange reading. It also plays its part in demonstrating, on what a joke sanctions are. In this case USA gives the money in the form of aid to Israel who in turn loans money to China, who then thinks " Hey weve got an extra 400mil here which we dont really need because weve got a spare 2Trillion in the bank, so we will flic it on to Iran, whose economy is being wrecked by Us lead sanctions.

There could be many reasons and many are political. A lot of loans to China these days, just as it partly seems here, is to fund projects in isolated areas. Some are in minority areas. So they in fact many not be directed at helping out the Han part of China. Insert political conspiracy here. Another is... how about making money? It is a loan and China is probably a good bet on getting paid back with interest. How about it's just PR on both Israel's and China's part. This is coming from a state news source.

If people are concerned with where China's money goes then don't do business with China. So why do they? Maybe because of greed. Maybe because an isolated China is more dangerous where they would really do everything they are accused of doing now. Maybe because putting all your eggs in one basket is dangerous. Might as well call for a boycott of Saudi Arabia and many other Muslim countries the West does business with since their money indirectly and directly funds anti-Israel activities.

Most likely, a significant part of the money will go to purchase Israeli technology for the projects mentioned. This is pretty normal. For example, Chinese banks are providing the financing for some of the high speed rail projects it is exporting.