NSW Labor has named a pro-Belt and Road candidate to run in Sydney’s inner-west in the upcoming by-election slated to take place on Feb. 12. Jason Yat-Sen Li, former United Nations lawyer turned investment firm CEO, announced his candidacy for seat of Strathfield on Jan. 5. Pitching Li, the Labor party hopes to retain the…
Pro-Belt and Road Candidate to Run in Sydney’s Inner-West
February 5, 2022
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Beijing Can’t Wait for Escalation of Ukraine Crisis
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has strategically positioned itself to take advantages from the current tensions between NATO and Russia over Ukraine. Any coming sanctions the West may impose on Russia will likely push Putin further into China’s global expansion plan. As the Western World is still in the process of realizing its own failures…
How Long Until China Controls Cuba?
Commentary China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has hidden risks. It’s a debt trap. Not to mention a data trap. The dangers of the BRI have been well documented by many authors, myself included. Nevertheless, 142 countries around the world have signed up to the dangerous initiative. In December 2021, Cuba became the latest country…
Sri Lanka Asks China to Restructure Debt Repayments Amid Economic Fallout
January 10, 2022
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The president of debt-ridden Sri Lanka has asked China to help restructure billions of dollars in debt repayments as part of a solution to counter the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the presidential secretariat said on Sunday. During his meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that “it would…
‘A Nightmare’: Chinese Worker Spends Months in Hotel Quarantine in Indonesia After Dispute With Employer
In early December, Xiao Yonghong spent his 48th birthday alone, stranded in a hotel in a foreign country, blocked by his employer from returning home. Xiao, a Chinese electrician, said that his employer made him “quarantine” in a hotel in Indonesia for over fourth months under the excuse that his COVID-19 antibody test results did…
Beijing’s 99-Year Lease of Darwin Port Poses No Security Risk: Australian Defence Department
December 29, 2021
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A review by Australia’s Defence Department has advised the federal government against overturning the controversial 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin to Chinese company Landbridge, citing a lack of national security grounds. The review, initiated by Defence Minister Peter Dutton—amid escalating tensions between Beijing and Canberra—was tasked with investigating with whether the Chinese-owned port posed…
Cuba Signs ‘Belt and Road’ Agreement With China
December 27, 2021
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Cuba and China have signed a cooperation plan to push forward construction projects under Beijing’s controversial overseas infrastructure program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which has saddled many participating countries with heavy debt loads. The Chinese Embassy in Cuba announced the agreement on its website on Dec. 26, saying that the deal was inked…
China Revives African Belt and Road Initiative Story, Acts as ‘Colonial Empire’
December 17, 2021
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State media in China republished a story from 2 years ago about a Chinese man who was given the title of a tribal chief in one African country. The story sparked concerns over the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) global infrastructure development strategy—being applied as a part of its expansion into…
China to Reap Benefits and Laos Falls into Debt Trap as China-Laos Railway Begins Service
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has resulted in debt traps for a number of countries. Laos may have just joined the list with the opening of the China-Laos railway on Dec. 3. Countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia are already struggling to repay China’s Belt and Road loans, while Laos, a landlocked country, still has…
Zambia Says Debt to Chinese Creditors Over $6 Billion in June
Zambia’s debt to Chinese creditors was over $6 billion by the end of June, according to data disclosed by the government on Oct. 7. The Chinese regime’s lending practices have been labeled “debt-trap diplomacy,” as it provides developing nations with often unpayable loans for infrastructure projects, making them dependent on China. The figures were published…
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