Tag: Belt and Road

Malawians Protest Against Chinese Video Tricking African Children Into Insulting Black People

A Chinese national who allegedly shot and sold exploitative videos of Malawian children with content insulting black people, has been arrested in Zambia on June 20. Malawians subsequently protested at the Chinese Embassy demanding compensation for the child victims. On June 21, local rights groups took to the streets in protest, filing a petition at the Chinese…


G-7 Aims to Raise $600 Billion to Counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Seven world powers are looking to counter China with a new project and hundred-billion dollars in funding. It’s designed as an answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. We take a closer look at why some call Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative a form of “debt-trap diplomacy.” Chinese state media outlets are publishing reports on…


U.S. Pro-Abortion Protests; Demonstrations Turn Chaotic in AZ; Arizona Expands School Choice Policy | NTD Daybreak

Over the weekend pro-abortion protests across the U.S. In Arizona, demonstrations turned chaotic with protesters vandalizing monuments and trying to kick in glass doors at the State Senate building. Arizona expands its School choice program to include all students—giving parents more freedom over their children’s education. Find out why it’s being called the ‘Gold Standard’…


China’s Ambitions in Africa to Displace the US on the Global Stage—With Tiffany Meier

China’s influence in Africa is displacing the global position of the United States. This long game to subvert and dominate an entire continent is decades in the making. Now, that effort is paying off with heavy debt for the nations in Africa—and helping China become even more powerful at the United Nations. All the while,…


China’s Theft of US Agriculture Tech Secrets is ‘Enormous’ National Security Threat: Analyst

Tiny as it is, a kernel of seed is no different than a mini biological computer. In it is all the genetic code, intellectual property containing billions of dollars of potential worth that, falling into the hands of an adversary, could give them control over the food production of a country and beyond. One unmistakable…


UK’s New Aid Strategy Seeks to ‘Challenge Dependency on Malign Actors’

The UK will use international aid to “challenge dependency on malign actors” and “offer honest alternative for low- and middle-income countries,” the Foreign Office has said. Announcing the new International Development Strategy on May 16, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the UK must use international aid to achieve its foreign policy goals and counter “malign…


China’s Influence in Latin America Explained by Joseph Humire

America’s backyard is under assault. China seeks to loop around and set up shop in Latin America. How do we preserve freedom and order in the region, as countries south of us join China’s Belt and Road project? Meanwhile, dwindling recognition for Taiwan and potential dual-use facilities raise questions about the United State’s lack of…


China to Lose its ‘Belt and Road’ Strategic Interests If Russia Seizes Ukraine: Expert

While refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese Communist regime actually fears that its major strategic interests in Europe will be undermined if Russia takes over Ukraine, experts said. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long regarded Ukraine as a bridgehead of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the CCP’s infrastructure expansion program,…


China Infiltrates US, Other Nations Through Huawei, Expert Says

Chinese tech giant Huawei rose to prominence because it received tens of billions from Beijing, thus allowing the firm to undercut competitors and gain market shares, said book author Jonathan Pelson. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) did not shell out the money for only pure business reasons. “The CCP was not helping Huawei so…


The Great (Belt and Road) Wall in Washington’s Backyard

News Analysis In a time when the United States is giving an inordinate amount of attention to deterring Russia in Eastern Ukraine, China continues to firm up its position in America’s own backyard. Argentina officially became the 141st country to join the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also known as “One Belt, One Road”)…