The Chinese Communist Party has for years been bent on cementing its influence over the developing world.
One U.S. senator is hoping to counter this through an awareness-raising initiative.
In a Twitter campaign dubbed “#ExposingTheCCP,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) plans to spotlight the regime’s “sinister relationships” with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, as well as parts of the Middle East, where Beijing has made extensive investments to expand its political and economic clout.
Focusing on one country at a time, the weekly installments will feature those that have “struck a bad deal with China,” to “expose the CCP’s intentions in the Global South and ensure that Beijing no longer controls the narrative,” according to Rubio’s office….