Tag: BRI

Hungary Embraces China’s Belt & Road, Undermining Efforts to Curtail Human Rights Abuses

News Analysis As the free world unites to condemn and penalize the human rights violations and aggressive expansion of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one European country is moving against the tide. Hungary has demonstrated a firm pro-CCP stance in a series of recent events, after the European Union, the United States, the UK, and…


China’s $55 Million Harbor Project in Sierra Leone Meets Strong Resistance

The government of Sierra Leone has signed a controversial $55 million deal with the Chinese communist regime to allow it to build an industrial fishing harbor on 250 acres of its beach and protected rainforest. The west African country had previously signed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with China, which has been criticized by…


China’s Fudan University to Set Up Campus in Budapest, Triggering Security Concerns

News Analysis Hungary signed an agreement with Fudan University on April 27 to set up a campus in its capital city of Budapest. This will be Fudan’s only overseas campus and another Chinese university to establish a campus in Europe, following Beijing University in 2018 in the UK and Shanghai’s Tongji University in Italy in…


CCP’s Mekong River Belt and Road Projects a Faustian Bargain, Says Expert

News Analysis Renowned expert hydrologist Wang Weiluo has likened Belt and Road deals between countries along the Mekong River and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as Faustian bargains, saying that while they bring investment they are deals with the devil that hurt livelihoods. Speaking to the Hong Kong Epoch Times, Wang said that the dams on…


Rep. Fitzgerald Unveils BRIDGE Act to Counter CCP’s Belt and Road Initiative

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that seeks to counter the Chinese regime’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—one of the world’s most ambitious and controversial development programs—citing immediate and long-term risks to national and economic security. The bill (pdf), named the Build Responsible Infrastructure Development for the Global Economy (BRIDGE) Act, directs the…


CCP Has Taken Over Islamic Countries, Muslim Scholar Warns

WASHINGTON—The Chinese communist regime is committing genocide against Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region, yet Muslim countries still remain largely silent, as they have become colonies of China, according to an expert. Beijing has set its sight on Islamic countries in the Middle East and Central Asia, as they are crucial to its Belt and Road…


International Students Get Preferential Treatment at Local College in China’s Guangxi: Leaked Documents

In recent years, preferential treatment for foreign students by Chinese universities has repeatedly stirred up resentment among the domestic student population. The Epoch Times recently obtained internal documents from a trusted source that revealed a case of preferential treatment for international students at Liuzhou City Vocational College in Guangxi, a Chinese autonomous region bordering Vietnam….


Chinese Regime Uses Noodle Dish to Promote Its Agenda Overseas: Leaked Documents

“Luosifen,” is a famous noodle soup dish flavored with river snails, originating from China’s Guangxi region. In recent years, it has gained international popularity through Chinese restaurants and instant noodle products sold in immigrant communities around the world. A series of leaked government documents obtained by The Epoch Times reveal that the Chinese regime has…


Leaked Documents Reveal Beijing Created a Tech Alliance With Former Soviet Bloc Countries

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has stepped up tech collaboration with eastern European and central Asian countries within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to leaked government documents The Epoch Times recently obtained from a trusted source. An analyst believes this is an attempt to counter the West’s attempts at limiting…