Italy’s conservative PM pulls plug on China’s BRI ahead of EU summit

Italy’s conservative PM pulls plug on China’s BRI ahead of EU summit

by WorldTribune Staff, December 7, 2023 Pointing to a major trade imbalance, Italy indicated on Dec. 6 that it would withdraw from communist China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The move came one day ahead of the China-EU summit in Beijing. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a conservative, had said Italy, the only member of […]

China on the move in America’s backyard, Part II

China on the move in America’s backyard, Part II

Special to WorldTribune Commentary by Laurence F Sanford, April 12, 2023 The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) unrestricted warfare against the United States is gaining footholds in Central and Latin America. More effective than direct kinetic military attacks are economic, political, and law warfare against the  “villain” United States. “Part I” discussed gains in Honduras and […]

Coronavirus slamming poor countries with Chinese debt; Here’s how ‘great predator’ will respond

Coronavirus slamming poor countries with Chinese debt; Here’s how ‘great predator’ will respond

FPI / May 21, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The destruction China has exported to the U.S. and the world continues to grow. Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump are exploring ramifications that include an intentional default on Chinese debt. Frankly, this is a somewhat tepid punishment. China owns some $1.1 trillion of American treasuries, […]

China’s state media slams Soros for rare agreement with Trump vs Huawei

China’s state media slams Soros for rare agreement with Trump vs Huawei

by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2019 China’s Global Times propaganda outlet lashed out at leftist billionaire George Soros for his support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s war against Chinese telecom giant Huawei. In a Sept. 9 Wall Street Journal op-ed, Soros wrote that Trump was taking the right course in viewing Huawei’s electronic products as […]

Cricket star who now leads Pakistan faces crisis over China subsidies

Cricket star who now leads Pakistan faces crisis over China subsidies

by WorldTribune Staff, August 23, 2018 Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, just days after being sworn in, is looking to avert a financial crisis that could see the country turn over many of its strategic assets to China. Khan, a former cricket star, “must choose whether to dial back a Chinese-financed development program or increase […]