Commentary Flush with capital from trade surpluses with the United States and other nations, China has embarked on a massive expansion to develop a global colonial empire. And that empire transcends the commercial to the geopolitical realm. Overseas investments in infrastructure to extend that empire provide the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with maximum diplomatic leverage. Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced his intentions to the world with two major programs: the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also called “One Belt, One Road”) and Made in China 2025. As previously reported in The Epoch Times here, the BRI goal is to develop a global infrastructure controlled by the Chinese regime. The infrastructure elements are largely focused on the development of transportation assets that can later be exploited by Beijing to transport the resources and raw materials needed to fuel Chinese manufacturing concerns, as well as support the exportation of finished Chinese goods to …