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• Rick Hird

  

  15 hours ago

  Interview: How Much Is China Helping Russia Finance Its War In Ukraine?

  rferl.org - Reid Standish

  China’s growing appetite for discounted Russian oil has made it the leading financier of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine by giving Moscow a reliable …

• Rick Hird

  

  5 hours ago

  G-7 Leaders Launch $600 Billion Infrastructure Push To Rival Chinese Influence

  Forbes - Carlie Porterfield

  The leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations have vowed to raise $600 billion within the next five years to fund infrastructure projects in developing countries, an effort designed to compete for influence in the developing world with the similar Belt and Road program launched by China …

• Rick Hird

  

  3 days ago

  Will China-Russia Relationship Unravel? Experts Weigh In

  Newsweek - John Feng

  There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests, as the saying goes. And while China isn't party to the conflict in …

• Rick Hird

  

  19 hours ago

  G-7 unveils $600B plan to combat China’s global reach

  POLITICO - By Jonathan Lemire and Karl Mathiesen

  Beijing is increasing its reach through major investments in Africa and Asia. ELMAU, Germany — The world’s wealthiest democracies on Sunday announced a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative to counter China’s push to exert political and commercial influence through massive investments across …

• Rick Hird

  

  13 hours ago

  Coronavirus: China’s economic slowdown looks like a ‘lifetime of debt’ for some citizens

  South China Morning Post  - He Huifeng

  After Fiona Hu left her small rural hometown at 18 years old, she put in decades of hard work to start her own beauty salon in Guangzhou.But after …

• Rick Hird

  

  15 hours ago

  China's Debt-Trap: New Threat For India As Cash Strapped Pakistan May Lease Out Gilgit Baltistan To China

  timesnownews.com - Times Now Digital

  Pakistan may cede Gilgit Baltistan (GB), a Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region (PoK) to China on lease to pay off its mounting debt. Any such move could …