Tag: Belt and Road

Geopolitical and Economic Reasons Behind China’s Support of Kazakhstan’s Suppression of Protests: Experts

January 13, 2022
Asia & PacificBelt and RoadChinaChinese RegimeInternational RelationsKassym-Jomart TokayevKazakhstanWorld
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Large-scale protests recently broke out in Kazakhstan, with the country’s president ordering the military to suppress it with force. Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping praised the Kazakh president’s actions in the situation as “decisive” and “strong.” Experts say there are multiple factors behind the outbreak of civil unrest in Kazakh that have made the CCP…

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Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree on American Farmland

December 9, 2021
Belt and RoadBusiness & EconomyChinaChina Business & EconomyChinese Communist PartyChinese RegimeCompaniesInfiltrating the WestInternational RelationsPoliticsRepublicansSmithfield FoodsSpecial TopicsUSUS NewsUS-China relationsUSDA
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China has been buying up agricultural lands in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the American food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal 2022 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R.4356) in June. In a recent…

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Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree of American Farmland

December 9, 2021
Belt and RoadBusiness & EconomyChinaChina Business & EconomyChinese Communist PartyChinese RegimeCompaniesFinance & Business TiesInfiltrating the WestInternational RelationsPoliticsRepublicansSmithfield FoodsSpecial TopicsUSUS NewsUS-China relationsUSDA
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China has been buying up agricultural lands in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the American food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal 2022 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R.4356) in June. In a recent…

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Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree of US Farmland

December 9, 2021
Belt and RoadBusiness & EconomyChinaChina Business & EconomyChinese Communist PartyChinese RegimeCompaniesFinance & Business TiesInfiltrating the WestInternational RelationsPoliticsRepublicansSmithfield FoodsSpecial TopicsUSUS NewsUS-China relationsUSDA
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China has been buying up agricultural land in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the U.S. food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal year 2022 agriculture appropriations legislation (H.R.4356) in June. In a…

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Beijing Grows Its Propaganda Activity in Africa

December 7, 2021
AfricaBelt and RoadCapitalism and SocialismCCP propagandaChinachina soft powerChina-Africachinese state-run mediacolonialismGlobal ExpansionOpinionSpecial TopicsThinking About ChinaViewpointsWorld
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Commentary Beijing has Africa in its sights because the continent has the resources it needs to realize its great power ambitions. Consequently, huge energy has been invested into growing the Belt and Road’s penetration into Africa. The core focus of Belt and Road in Africa has been the building of railways, roads, ports, airports, and…

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EU Launches $340 Billion ‘Global Gateway’ Program to Counter China’s Belt and Road

December 1, 2021
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The European Union has rolled out a plan to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in global infrastructure projects under the “Global Gateway” program, seen as a counter to China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that has been criticized as a vehicle for expanding Beijing’s influence around the world. The European Commission (EC), the…

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UK to Boost Investment in Lower Income Countries in Risk of ‘Unsustainable Debt’

November 26, 2021
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The Chinese regime’s “Belt and Road” Initiative is expected to meet some competition as the UK revamps a development finance institution to boost investment in the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa. British Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Secretary Liz Truss said “reliable and honest sources of finance” from “freedom-loving democracies” are needed as “too many countries are…

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African Nations Mend and Make Do as China Tightens Belt and Road

November 23, 2021
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NAIROBI—Deep in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, members of the National Youth Service tirelessly swing machetes to clear dense shrubs obscuring railway tracks more than a century old. It’s a distinctly low-tech phase for the Chinese communist regime’s Belt and Road drive in Africa to create the trade highways of the future. There’s not enough money…

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Is the Blue Dot Network, America’s Answer to Belt and Road?

October 10, 2021
Asia & PacificAustraliaAustralia-China RelationsBelt and RoadBlue Dot NetworkChinaChina-Australia Relationschina-united statesChinese RegimeNational SecurityUSUS FeaturesUS NewsWorld
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The U.S. Secretary of State has put China’s Belt and Road on notice after announcing that the U.S. led Blue Dot Network would be seeking to help bridge the global infrastructure investment gap and establish a vehicle for market-driven and sustainable infrastructure projects. “The Blue Dot Network seeks to help bridge the global infrastructure investment…

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India to Build Deep Water Port Terminal in Sri Lanka to Counter Beijing’s Influence

October 3, 2021
Asia & PacificBelt and RoadChinaChinese Regimedeep water terminalIndiaquadSri LankaWorld
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An Indian company has signed a contract worth US$700 million to build a strategically important deep-water container terminal in Sri Lanka, a move considered a countermeasure to China’s growing influence in South Asia. The Adani Group of India signed the agreement with the Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA) on Sept. 30 to build the terminal…

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