The Kenyan government on Nov. 6 unilaterally released three documents from a loan contract with the Chinese communist regime for the country’s massive China-funded railway project. The documents stipulate that Kenya cannot disclose the contents of the contract to any third party without the consent of the financier, the Chinese bank. The Kenyan government’s disclosure has…
Kenya Discloses Part of Contract for China-Funded Railway Project, Revealing Beijing’s Ambition in Africa
Laos in Debt Crisis After Joint Venture with China
Analysis Laos, in the hope of expanding exports and attracting tourists, built the joint venture Laos-China Railway with China, its most important export market and trading partner. The construction took five years and the railway officially opened at the end of 2021. But as China’s economy currently appears to stall, Laos finds itself in a…
US-led Indo-Pacific Deal Seeks to Challenge China’s Belt and Road
President Joe Biden announced the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) for “expanding U.S. economic leadership” in the Indo-Pacific on May 23 in Tokyo with a dozen others including the Quad partners, Japan, Australia, and India, that have traditionally kept out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative—the regime’s trillion-dollar infrastructure investment program aimed at bolstering Beijing’s global…
Former Fijian PM Revives Political Career to Counteract Beijing’s Pacific Ambition
Former Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has announced he will enter the election race next year for the Pacific nation in a pledge to counteract Beijing influence. The 73-year-old politician, best known as the instigator of two military coups in 1987, told The Australian newspaper on Dec. 27 that Fiji needed to determine its own…
Prominent Chinese Scholar Describes the Taliban as Afghanistan’s ‘People’s Liberation Army’
A professor with close ties to the Chinese regime has recently drawn controversy after describing the Taliban as Afghanistan’s own “People’s Liberation Army” (PLA), the official name of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military forces. In a video on Aug. 3, Wang Yiwei, an international relations professor at Beijing’s Renmin University of China, calls for…
Chinese Regime’s Whitewashing of the Taliban Sparks Backlash at Home
The Chinese regime’s warm portrayal of the Taliban, whitewashing its violent history and repression of women, has been met with backlash domestically. As the Taliban quickly seized power in Afghanistan this past week, stunning U.S. forces who were due to withdraw by month’s end, Chinese officials and state-run media have embraced the militant group’s return…
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