Category: Belt and Road

Chinese Loans to Latin America Plunge as Virus Strains Ties

MIAMI—It seemed like a match made in finance heaven. In 2010, China, its economy roaring and state companies looking to expand globally, set its eyes on Latin America, a region starved of capital but rich in natural resources the Asian giant lacked. The result: a record $35 billion in state-to-state loans that year. Fast forward…


Australian Belt and Road Deal Expected to Be Ripped up in Weeks

Beijing’s Belt and Road deal with the Australian state government of Victoria looks set to be torn up in weeks as the deadline for the states’ to inform the federal government of all foreign agreements draws nearer. Speaking to the Herald Sun, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he saw no benefit to Victoria’s deal with…


Beijing, Longtime Supporter of Burma, Watching Coup Situation Closely: Reporter

Beijing has much at stake in Burma as the Southeast Asian country plunged into a political crisis after a military coup, according to OANN TV host and former Navy intelligence officer Jack Posobiec. “When it comes to the Burma situation…this is all about the reach and the stretch of the CCP’s [Chinese Communist Party] influence…


Residents Protest ‘Sweetheart Deal’ with CCP for Lead Recycling Plant in Victoria

Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith has accused Premier Daniel Andrews of doing a “sweetheart deal” with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the state intervened to approve a rejected lead battery recycling plant proposed by a Chinese state-owned corporation in the state’s east. The proposed Hazelwood North facility in Gippsland has been protested by locals…


Ahead of ASEAN Conference, Chinese Regime Prepared for PR Disaster Scenarios, How to Stifle Dissent

Since 2003, the Chinese regime has held the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, an annual meeting to encourage trade and investment between China and countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In 2019, Beijing themed the meeting around promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, its ambition to increase influence through funding infrastructure projects throughout…


Ahead of ASEAN Conference, Chinese Regime Prepared for PR Disaster Scenarios

Since 2003, the Chinese regime has held the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, an annual meeting to encourage trade and investment between China and countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In 2019, Beijing themed the meeting around promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, its ambition to increase influence through funding infrastructure projects throughout…


China in Focus (Jan. 8): Chinese People Forced to Pay for Quarantine

New reports emerge from Chinese cities under lockdown. One resident committed suicide after going bankrupt. While others report forced quarantine if just one building resident steps out the door. The Chinese Embassy in the U.S. faces digital backlash. That’s after a Tweet claiming re-education camps have allowed women from one ethnic minority to become more…


China in Focus (Dec. 29): Virus Cancels Major New Year’s Events

More and more CCP virus cases emerge in China. Major New Year’s events in Beijing have been canceled. A district in a northeastern city is now under strict lockdown. Authorities are sealing entrances to shops and apartment units, and even windows of passing cars. Where is the smog from? Less coal is imported from Australia…


Video: CCP Is Taking Over Other Nations That Once Free—Se Hoon Kim On The Captive Nations of China

In this episode, we’ll be speaking with Se Hoon Kim, director of the Captive Nations Coalition of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, about the Chinese government’s abusive policies towards other countries. These stories and more in this episode of Crossroads. Crossroads is an Epoch Times show available on Facebook and YouTube. Join Patreon…


Video: CCP Is Taking Over Once Free Nations: Se Hoon Kim on China’s Captive Nations

In this episode, we’ll be speaking with Se Hoon Kim, director of the Captive Nations Coalition of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, about the Chinese government’s abusive policies towards other countries. These stories and more in this episode of Crossroads. Crossroads is an Epoch Times show available on Facebook and YouTube. Join Patreon…