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  1. RE: sfba.social/@vij/1164859794600

    >> By Cory Doctorow
    >> But, thanks to Comrade #Trump, #Pakistan was *first* in line to become the world's #solar capital. The country's LNG terminal - built with Chinese Belt-and-Road money - is now a stranded asset, because no one there needs gas.

    It is not a stranded asset in China's eyes because a major premise of its #BeltAndRoadInitiative is #DebtDiplomacy by which it preys on borrowers unable to pay back the loans. See #SriLanka.

    Here #China's prize is #GwadarPort multimedia.scmp.com/news/china

  2. RE: sfba.social/@vij/1164859794600

    >> By Cory Doctorow
    >> But, thanks to Comrade #Trump, #Pakistan was *first* in line to become the world's #solar capital. The country's LNG terminal - built with Chinese Belt-and-Road money - is now a stranded asset, because no one there needs gas.

    It is not a stranded asset in China's eyes because a major premise of its #BeltAndRoadInitiative is #DebtDiplomacy by which it preys on borrowers unable to pay back the loans. See #SriLanka.

    Here #China's prize is #GwadarPort multimedia.scmp.com/news/china

  3. RE: sfba.social/@vij/1164859794600

    >> By Cory Doctorow
    >> But, thanks to Comrade #Trump, #Pakistan was *first* in line to become the world's #solar capital. The country's LNG terminal - built with Chinese Belt-and-Road money - is now a stranded asset, because no one there needs gas.

    It is not a stranded asset in China's eyes because a major premise of its #BeltAndRoadInitiative is #DebtDiplomacy by which it preys on borrowers unable to pay back the loans. See #SriLanka.

    Here #China's prize is #GwadarPort multimedia.scmp.com/news/china

  4. ⬆️ @davidaugust

    44% duties on #SriLanka, already reeling under Chinese #debtDiplomacy, will drive it even closer to #China.

    Same with #Pakistan.

    When they get crushed further and default on Chinese loans, #GwadarPort and the port in #Colombo will go to China.

    #US is planning to get active in the region, starting with #DiegoGarcia to confront #Iran.

    I hope #DUI hires at #Pentagon and brilliant #Harvard grads behind #Project2025 have thought through all of this.

    #BeltsAndRoadInitiative #BRI

  5. ⬆️ @davidaugust

    44% duties on #SriLanka, already reeling under Chinese #debtDiplomacy, will drive it even closer to #China.

    Same with #Pakistan.

    When they get crushed further and default on Chinese loans, #GwadarPort and the port in #Colombo will go to China.

    #US is planning to get active in the region, starting with #DiegoGarcia to confront #Iran.

    I hope #DUI hires at #Pentagon and brilliant #Harvard grads behind #Project2025 have thought through all of this.

    #BeltsAndRoadInitiative #BRI

  6. ⬆️ @davidaugust

    44% duties on #SriLanka, already reeling under Chinese #debtDiplomacy, will drive it even closer to #China.

    Same with #Pakistan.

    When they get crushed further and default on Chinese loans, #GwadarPort and the port in #Colombo will go to China.

    #US is planning to get active in the region, starting with #DiegoGarcia to confront #Iran.

    I hope #DUI hires at #Pentagon and brilliant #Harvard grads behind #Project2025 have thought through all of this.

    #BeltsAndRoadInitiative #BRI

  7. ⬆️ As #Africa's #Sahel states push out #US and #EU countries, and as #Russia retrenches itself because of #Ukraine incursions in #Kursk, #China seems to have found a way to elbow into the region.

    China is hosting the China-Africa summit Forum on China-Africa Cooperation #FOCAC this week

    Chinese #debtDiplomacy is known for inducing African countries to take on crushing debt which it refuses to cancel.

    China is also active in Nigerien uranium mining

    bbc.com/news/articles/cy0r74j7

  8. ⬆️ As #Africa's #Sahel states push out #US and #EU countries, and as #Russia retrenches itself because of #Ukraine incursions in #Kursk, #China seems to have found a way to elbow into the region.

    China is hosting the China-Africa summit Forum on China-Africa Cooperation #FOCAC this week

    Chinese #debtDiplomacy is known for inducing African countries to take on crushing debt which it refuses to cancel.

    China is also active in Nigerien uranium mining

    bbc.com/news/articles/cy0r74j7

  9. ⬆️ As #Africa's #Sahel states push out #US and #EU countries, and as #Russia retrenches itself because of #Ukraine incursions in #Kursk, #China seems to have found a way to elbow into the region.

    China is hosting the China-Africa summit Forum on China-Africa Cooperation #FOCAC this week

    Chinese #debtDiplomacy is known for inducing African countries to take on crushing debt which it refuses to cancel.

    China is also active in Nigerien uranium mining

    bbc.com/news/articles/cy0r74j7

  10. ⬆️ Land-locked #Ethiopia wants access to #RedSea via breakaway #Somaliland, thus destabilizing #HornOfAfrica ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    Egypt is furious that Ethiopia wants to build a dam over the #Nile. To strengthen its influence in the #Horn, it is aligned with #Somalia who has lost Somaliland

    #China wants to ensnare Ethiopia in #debtDiplomacy for influence in the Horn ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    So #Turkey supplies drones to both sides in the #Egypt-#Ethiopia conflict

    apnews.com/article/ethiopia-eg

  11. ⬆️ Land-locked #Ethiopia wants access to #RedSea via breakaway #Somaliland, thus destabilizing #HornOfAfrica ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    Egypt is furious that Ethiopia wants to build a dam over the #Nile. To strengthen its influence in the #Horn, it is aligned with #Somalia who has lost Somaliland

    #China wants to ensnare Ethiopia in #debtDiplomacy for influence in the Horn ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    So #Turkey supplies drones to both sides in the #Egypt-#Ethiopia conflict

    apnews.com/article/ethiopia-eg

  12. ⬆️ Land-locked #Ethiopia wants access to #RedSea via breakaway #Somaliland, thus destabilizing #HornOfAfrica ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    Egypt is furious that Ethiopia wants to build a dam over the #Nile. To strengthen its influence in the #Horn, it is aligned with #Somalia who has lost Somaliland

    #China wants to ensnare Ethiopia in #debtDiplomacy for influence in the Horn ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    So #Turkey supplies drones to both sides in the #Egypt-#Ethiopia conflict

    apnews.com/article/ethiopia-eg

  13. ⬆️ 10 weeks ago >> #Pakistan [already crushed under #China #debtDiplomacy] seeks a new long-term #IMF #bailout… When Pakistan defaults on China loans under the audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative, China’s real prize [would be] Pakistan’s #GwadarPort on #ArabianSea 👀

    Seems like that day is closer now. When #ChinaPakistanEconomicCorridor #CPEC was launched in 2015, it was heralded as a game-changer for Pakistan

    The plan (part of #BRI) promised to transform Pakistan’s economy

    thestatesman.com/world/pakista

  14. ⬆️ 10 weeks ago >> #Pakistan [already crushed under #China #debtDiplomacy] seeks a new long-term #IMF #bailout… When Pakistan defaults on China loans under the audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative, China’s real prize [would be] Pakistan’s #GwadarPort on #ArabianSea 👀

    Seems like that day is closer now. When #ChinaPakistanEconomicCorridor #CPEC was launched in 2015, it was heralded as a game-changer for Pakistan

    The plan (part of #BRI) promised to transform Pakistan’s economy

    thestatesman.com/world/pakista

  15. ⬆️ 10 weeks ago >> #Pakistan [already crushed under #China #debtDiplomacy] seeks a new long-term #IMF #bailout… When Pakistan defaults on China loans under the audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative, China’s real prize [would be] Pakistan’s #GwadarPort on #ArabianSea 👀

    Seems like that day is closer now. When #ChinaPakistanEconomicCorridor #CPEC was launched in 2015, it was heralded as a game-changer for Pakistan

    The plan (part of #BRI) promised to transform Pakistan’s economy

    thestatesman.com/world/pakista

  16. ⬆️ @Npars01 @kmck @w7voa

    >> Part of why #China is funding #ElectionInterference for #GOP: (1) #taxCuts (2) #fiscalShortfall funded by sale of #debt to China, #SaudiArabia & #Russia

    I've noted China brokering #rapprochement between #Iran & #SaudiArabia to derail peace between #ArabLeague & #Israel, and resulting #AxisOfResistance attacks as a precursor to US Election Interference.

    Also noted China's #debtDiplomacy ensnaring poorer nations, but this angle of ensnaring #US in debt is new! Thanks!

  17. ⬆️ @Npars01 @kmck @w7voa

    >> Part of why #China is funding #ElectionInterference for #GOP: (1) #taxCuts (2) #fiscalShortfall funded by sale of #debt to China, #SaudiArabia & #Russia

    I've noted China brokering #rapprochement between #Iran & #SaudiArabia to derail peace between #ArabLeague & #Israel, and resulting #AxisOfResistance attacks as a precursor to US Election Interference.

    Also noted China's #debtDiplomacy ensnaring poorer nations, but this angle of ensnaring #US in debt is new! Thanks!

  18. ⬆️ @Npars01 @kmck @w7voa

    >> Part of why #China is funding #ElectionInterference for #GOP: (1) #taxCuts (2) #fiscalShortfall funded by sale of #debt to China, #SaudiArabia & #Russia

    I've noted China brokering #rapprochement between #Iran & #SaudiArabia to derail peace between #ArabLeague & #Israel, and resulting #AxisOfResistance attacks as a precursor to US Election Interference.

    Also noted China's #debtDiplomacy ensnaring poorer nations, but this angle of ensnaring #US in debt is new! Thanks!

  19. ⬆️ #Coup-hit #Niger was betting on a #China-backed oil #pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began.

    The linked story below explains why Niger might have revoked the #French company’s uranium mining permit reported above.

    With Niger tilting towards #Russia and neighboring #Benin aligned with #France and the #WestAfrican bloc, China has tried to step in and resolve the impasse and benefit from its investment in the project.

    #Chinese #DebtDiplomacy

    apnews.com/article/niger-benin

  20. ⬆️ #Coup-hit #Niger was betting on a #China-backed oil #pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began.

    The linked story below explains why Niger might have revoked the #French company’s uranium mining permit reported above.

    With Niger tilting towards #Russia and neighboring #Benin aligned with #France and the #WestAfrican bloc, China has tried to step in and resolve the impasse and benefit from its investment in the project.

    #Chinese #DebtDiplomacy

    apnews.com/article/niger-benin

  21. ⬆️ #Coup-hit #Niger was betting on a #China-backed oil #pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began.

    The linked story below explains why Niger might have revoked the #French company’s uranium mining permit reported above.

    With Niger tilting towards #Russia and neighboring #Benin aligned with #France and the #WestAfrican bloc, China has tried to step in and resolve the impasse and benefit from its investment in the project.

    #Chinese #DebtDiplomacy

    apnews.com/article/niger-benin

  22. ⬆️ #Pakistan presents a budget as it seeks a new long-term #IMF #bailout.

    It’s looking for a long-term loan of $6B–$8B from IMF to help stabilize the economy, which in 2023 nearly defaulted on foreign debts.

    Re IMF, Pakistan will privatize its national carrier, #PakistanInternationalAirlines, which #China will swoop in on when Pakistan defaults on China loans under #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI #debtDiplomacy, but its real prize is Pakistan’s #GwadarPort on #ArabianSea 👀

    apnews.com/article/pakistan-bu

  23. ⬆️ #Pakistan presents a budget as it seeks a new long-term #IMF #bailout.

    It’s looking for a long-term loan of $6B–$8B from IMF to help stabilize the economy, which in 2023 nearly defaulted on foreign debts.

    Re IMF, Pakistan will privatize its national carrier, #PakistanInternationalAirlines, which #China will swoop in on when Pakistan defaults on China loans under #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI #debtDiplomacy, but its real prize is Pakistan’s #GwadarPort on #ArabianSea 👀

    apnews.com/article/pakistan-bu

  24. ⬆️ #Pakistan presents a budget as it seeks a new long-term #IMF #bailout.

    It’s looking for a long-term loan of $6B–$8B from IMF to help stabilize the economy, which in 2023 nearly defaulted on foreign debts.

    Re IMF, Pakistan will privatize its national carrier, #PakistanInternationalAirlines, which #China will swoop in on when Pakistan defaults on China loans under #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI #debtDiplomacy, but its real prize is Pakistan’s #GwadarPort on #ArabianSea 👀

    apnews.com/article/pakistan-bu

  25. ⬆️ #Pakistan better beware of #China's #debtDiplomacy. See what they've done to #SriLanka and #ColomboPort ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    #Chinese investment and financial support have been a boon for Pakistan's struggling economy, including rolling over of loans so that it is able to meet external financing needs at a time foreign reserves are critically low.

    China has invested over $65 billion under #ChinaPakistanEconomicCorridor as part of its #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI

    reuters.com/markets/asia/china

  26. ⬆️ #Pakistan better beware of #China's #debtDiplomacy. See what they've done to #SriLanka and #ColomboPort ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    #Chinese investment and financial support have been a boon for Pakistan's struggling economy, including rolling over of loans so that it is able to meet external financing needs at a time foreign reserves are critically low.

    China has invested over $65 billion under #ChinaPakistanEconomicCorridor as part of its #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI

    reuters.com/markets/asia/china

  27. ⬆️ #Pakistan better beware of #China's #debtDiplomacy. See what they've done to #SriLanka and #ColomboPort ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1

    #Chinese investment and financial support have been a boon for Pakistan's struggling economy, including rolling over of loans so that it is able to meet external financing needs at a time foreign reserves are critically low.

    China has invested over $65 billion under #ChinaPakistanEconomicCorridor as part of its #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI

    reuters.com/markets/asia/china

  28. ⬆️ Congressional Research Service has an update on #Chinas's audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI

    Projects under the initiative advance China's geopolitical and economic
    goals while undercutting #US influence and interests (scroll up for more)

    China is financing projects in more than 100 countries. The scale rivals that of the ENTIRE #WorldBank, but with #debtDiplomacy at its core

    All of this happened while America bickered with Newt #Gingrich's #TeaParty and #Trump

    s3.documentcloud.org/documents
    ⬇️

  29. ⬆️ Congressional Research Service has an update on #Chinas's audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI

    Projects under the initiative advance China's geopolitical and economic
    goals while undercutting #US influence and interests (scroll up for more)

    China is financing projects in more than 100 countries. The scale rivals that of the ENTIRE #WorldBank, but with #debtDiplomacy at its core

    All of this happened while America bickered with Newt #Gingrich's #TeaParty and #Trump

    s3.documentcloud.org/documents
    ⬇️

  30. ⬆️ Congressional Research Service has an update on #Chinas's audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI

    Projects under the initiative advance China's geopolitical and economic
    goals while undercutting #US influence and interests (scroll up for more)

    China is financing projects in more than 100 countries. The scale rivals that of the ENTIRE #WorldBank, but with #debtDiplomacy at its core

    All of this happened while America bickered with Newt #Gingrich's #TeaParty and #Trump

    s3.documentcloud.org/documents
    ⬇️

  31. ⬆️

    #BeltAndRoadInitiative purpose has evolved. It now embodies #Xi's global aims.

    #China overlooks #debt and tolerates #corruption in recipient countries.

    Actually, corruption is in-built into #BRI contracts to ensnare countries in #Chinese #debtDiplomacy

    gisreportsonline.com/r/what-is

    ⬇️

  32. ⬆️

    #BeltAndRoadInitiative purpose has evolved. It now embodies #Xi's global aims.

    #China overlooks #debt and tolerates #corruption in recipient countries.

    Actually, corruption is in-built into #BRI contracts to ensnare countries in #Chinese #debtDiplomacy

    gisreportsonline.com/r/what-is

    ⬇️

  33. ⬆️

    #BeltAndRoadInitiative purpose has evolved. It now embodies #Xi's global aims.

    #China overlooks #debt and tolerates #corruption in recipient countries.

    Actually, corruption is in-built into #BRI contracts to ensnare countries in #Chinese #debtDiplomacy

    gisreportsonline.com/r/what-is

    ⬇️

  34. ⬆️ 10 days after #Oct7

    China is throwing a huge party to celebrate one of its biggest experiments in engaging with the world: its #BeltAndRoadInitiative.

    #Russian Pres #Putin & #Hungarian PM #Orban have arrived to celebrate the #BRI's 10th anniv.

    #Taliban government will also join the august company.

    China reaped huge economic benefit in trade, with access to more resources as the BRI's focus widened to include #Africa, #SouthAmerica and #MiddleEast.

    #debtDiplomacy

    bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-

  35. ⬆️ 10 days after #Oct7

    China is throwing a huge party to celebrate one of its biggest experiments in engaging with the world: its #BeltAndRoadInitiative.

    #Russian Pres #Putin & #Hungarian PM #Orban have arrived to celebrate the #BRI's 10th anniv.

    #Taliban government will also join the august company.

    China reaped huge economic benefit in trade, with access to more resources as the BRI's focus widened to include #Africa, #SouthAmerica and #MiddleEast.

    #debtDiplomacy

    bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-

  36. ⬆️ 10 days after #Oct7

    China is throwing a huge party to celebrate one of its biggest experiments in engaging with the world: its #BeltAndRoadInitiative.

    #Russian Pres #Putin & #Hungarian PM #Orban have arrived to celebrate the #BRI's 10th anniv.

    #Taliban government will also join the august company.

    China reaped huge economic benefit in trade, with access to more resources as the BRI's focus widened to include #Africa, #SouthAmerica and #MiddleEast.

    #debtDiplomacy

    bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-

  37. ⬆️ Rethreading…

    #China only works with local #elites on its #BeltAndRoadInitiative

    Most infrastructure projects are shrouded in mystery, and #corruption is inbuilt, with massive infusion of investments.

    The inbuilt corruption is what allows China to bribe local elites and ensnare participating countries in its #debtDiplomacy (eg, #SriLanka, #Thailand, and many countries in #Africa and #GlobalSouth)

    In time of need, it is these elites that will come to China's help.

    voanews.com/a/china-and-the-le

  38. ⬆️ Rethreading…

    #China only works with local #elites on its #BeltAndRoadInitiative

    Most infrastructure projects are shrouded in mystery, and #corruption is inbuilt, with massive infusion of investments.

    The inbuilt corruption is what allows China to bribe local elites and ensnare participating countries in its #debtDiplomacy (eg, #SriLanka, #Thailand, and many countries in #Africa and #GlobalSouth)

    In time of need, it is these elites that will come to China's help.

    voanews.com/a/china-and-the-le

  39. ⬆️ Rethreading…

    #China only works with local #elites on its #BeltAndRoadInitiative

    Most infrastructure projects are shrouded in mystery, and #corruption is inbuilt, with massive infusion of investments.

    The inbuilt corruption is what allows China to bribe local elites and ensnare participating countries in its #debtDiplomacy (eg, #SriLanka, #Thailand, and many countries in #Africa and #GlobalSouth)

    In time of need, it is these elites that will come to China's help.

    voanews.com/a/china-and-the-le

  40. #US warns #PapuaNewGuinea about #China's #debtDiplomacy

    Dep SecState Richard #Verma warned #PNG that any Chinese commitment in defense or investment ➡️ reuters.com/world/asia-pacific comes with consequences & high costs.

    He said countries in investment arrangements with China have found that it can be a #debtTrap

    US & Australia are allies in Pacific & are seeking to deter island nations from forming security ties with China after its security pact with #SolomonIslands in 2022

    reuters.com/world/us-official-

  41. #US warns #PapuaNewGuinea about #China's #debtDiplomacy

    Dep SecState Richard #Verma warned #PNG that any Chinese commitment in defense or investment ➡️ reuters.com/world/asia-pacific comes with consequences & high costs.

    He said countries in investment arrangements with China have found that it can be a #debtTrap

    US & Australia are allies in Pacific & are seeking to deter island nations from forming security ties with China after its security pact with #SolomonIslands in 2022

    reuters.com/world/us-official-

  42. #US warns #PapuaNewGuinea about #China's #debtDiplomacy

    Dep SecState Richard #Verma warned #PNG that any Chinese commitment in defense or investment ➡️ reuters.com/world/asia-pacific comes with consequences & high costs.

    He said countries in investment arrangements with China have found that it can be a #debtTrap

    US & Australia are allies in Pacific & are seeking to deter island nations from forming security ties with China after its security pact with #SolomonIslands in 2022

    reuters.com/world/us-official-

  43. ⬆️ @Nazani @mathieugotteland

    >> China's after African resources too.

    #Russia, as #China's junior partner could be helping.

    China is more interested in maritime trade routes like #ReaSea & it's angling for access to #navalPort that #Ethiopia wants to build on #GulfOfAden in breakaway #Somaliland.

    China is known for its #debtDiplomacy, getting countries to borrow money for infrastructure and then bankrupt them.

    #Africa will find out like #SriLanka did

    #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI #EyesOnSuez

  44. ⬆️ @Nazani @mathieugotteland

    >> China's after African resources too.

    #Russia, as #China's junior partner could be helping.

    China is more interested in maritime trade routes like #ReaSea & it's angling for access to #navalPort that #Ethiopia wants to build on #GulfOfAden in breakaway #Somaliland.

    China is known for its #debtDiplomacy, getting countries to borrow money for infrastructure and then bankrupt them.

    #Africa will find out like #SriLanka did

    #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI #EyesOnSuez

  45. ⬆️ @Nazani @mathieugotteland

    >> China's after African resources too.

    #Russia, as #China's junior partner could be helping.

    China is more interested in maritime trade routes like #ReaSea & it's angling for access to #navalPort that #Ethiopia wants to build on #GulfOfAden in breakaway #Somaliland.

    China is known for its #debtDiplomacy, getting countries to borrow money for infrastructure and then bankrupt them.

    #Africa will find out like #SriLanka did

    #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI #EyesOnSuez