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China Faces $50 Billion ‘Belt and Road’ Shortfall in Southeast Asia

This aerial photo taken on April 26, 2023 shows a construction site of the East Coast Rail

The Lowy Institute of Australia published a report on Wednesday that found China’s funding for its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in Southeast Asia is about $50 billion short of its commitments, apparently due to a variety of causes, from political instability in BRI countries to reduced demand for fossil fuel projects.


China Faces $50 Billion ‘Belt and Road’ Shortfall in Southeast Asia

The Lowy Institute of Australia published a report on Wednesday that found China’s funding for its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in Southeast Asia is about $50 billion short of its commitments, apparently due to a variety of causes, from political instability in BRI countries to reduced demand for fossil fuel projects.

This aerial photo taken on April 26, 2023 shows a construction site of the East Coast Rail

Hayward: ‘Three Body Problem’ Has Something to Annoy Everyone, From Communists to Climate Cultists

Chinese author Liu Cixin’s monumental science fiction book The Three Body Problem, which has now been adapted into a Netflix series under the punchier title “3 Body Problem,” has a little something to annoy just about everyone – from climate change activists to skeptics, Chinese Communists to anti-communists, nationalists to open-borders fanatics. It is a big story with big ideas, and like most great works of fiction, not even the author can fully control how its events are interpreted. 

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Experts Tell Congress: China Building ‘World’s Largest DNA Database’ Usable to Harvest Organs

Journalists, academics, and other experts told Congress during a hearing on Wednesday that evidence indicates China is killing thousands of people to sell their organs and building the “world’s largest DNA database” that can be used to find a living “perfect match” for an organ buyer, arrest them for dubious reasons, and kill them to sell their organs.

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Ted Cruz: TikTok Needs to Be an American Company

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says the legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States unless its parent company ByteDance sells the social media platform “will benefit” the app’s users, adding that “TikTok needs to be an American company.”

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iDesperate: Apple Boss Tim Cook Sucks Up to China During Shanghai Visit

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is currently in Shanghai to open the company’s eighth store in the city, has been vocal about China’s critical role in Apple’s supply chain and the company’s commitment to investing in the country. Cook’s desperate PR campaign comes as the iPhone has lost the crown as best selling smartphone in the communist country.

Apple CEO Tim Cook waves as he arrives for the Economic Summit held for the China Developm