They are the greatest and bestest! Never mind that their products shoddy products or that their pollution is deadly. Let’s disregard the truth and grab our Little Red Books
Of course it is an ad hominem. It was clearly aimed at discrediting the truth of whether China did something good for Kenya. You say it is at most a deflection. Well, that is what an ad hominem is - a deflection away from consideration of the truth of the statement being addressed and toward the source or circumstances under which you learned of this truth. Classical ad hominem.
Nope, I haven’t disputed the OP claim nor have I criticized China for making foreign investments in the developing world, in any of the threads started by their PR agency.
In fact, I’ve said it was great that they are engaging in such a way.
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