Companies are rerouting around South Africa to avoid militia attacks in Yemen in one of the biggest disruptions to world trade since the Covid-19 pandemic
  • rbesfe@lemmy.caEnglish
    143·
    1 year ago

    And yet China, who has a naval base in Djibouti, seems to just be sitting back and letting everyone else tackle this

      • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        I don’t know, maybe because they are directly affected by closing a major trade route with one of their largest trading blocks.

        Of course they could always sit on their hands, make rude noises and let the US carry their weight… Which is what most of the world expects nowadays.