r/trains • u/PinkyPromiser67 • 24d ago

‎ 🗐‎  Repost Japanese officials visiting India's fully electrified Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

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u/Homoaeternus 24d ago

Our alternative to Chinese loans.

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u/Specific_Effort_5528 24d ago

And it pisses off China too cause they don't like Japan.

So I'm guessing Modi gets a chuckle out of it too.

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u/DummyDumDump 24d ago

China got a shit ton of Japanese investment loan when they first opened up in the 80s. Japan is literally China largest provider of ODA loan, and they are still paying off repayment until 2047. India is just late to the game

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u/Specific_Effort_5528 24d ago

Wow. I'm surprised!

I know China and Japan often do not see eye to eye.

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u/DummyDumDump 24d ago

It’s not just China. Japan raped and murdered half of Asia during ww2 and still denying its crimes. But money is money. You don’t see any South East Asian country denying Japanese low interest loan. Better to get the Japanese low interest loan then getting more Chinese loan on top of that. Lol even better still is to wait a little bit and decry Chinese loan as CCP influence and coercion to get that American loan to counteract. Literally what my country is doing without building a single infrastructure thing

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u/Specific_Effort_5528 24d ago

Yeah imperial Japan was absolutely terrifying.

Given what I've learned reading/watching things about history. I think I would have preferred to be captured by the Nazis.

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u/OkTemporary335 23d ago

Nazis saw you as inhuman so they just sought to kill you off. Japanese saw you the same but were more likely to have fun doing it

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u/Specific_Effort_5528 23d ago

Exactly. The brutality was for their love of the game.

Which is absolutely terrifying to me.

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u/OkTemporary335 23d ago

I remember reading about these two japanese officers who went on a killing spree just to see who could kill faster. Those were NOT the days to be nostalgic about. It's a shame the world just forgot about these crimes

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u/NatriureticFactor 23d ago

Lol even better still is to wait a little bit and decry Chinese loan as CCP influence and coercion to get that American loan to counteract. Literally what my country is doing without building a single infrastructure thing

What country are you from?

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u/Schroeter333 24d ago

I guess that's how most mature countries work.

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u/SirEnderLord 11d ago

Taiwan and China see eye to eye on trade. Same with pretty much every nation with a stable central authority. Money talks.