China’s Loans Pushing World’s Poorest Countries To Brink Of Collapse
An Associated Press analysis of a dozen countries most indebted to China found that China’s loans are pushing the world’s poorest countries to the brink of collapse. A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the […]
After COVID-19, Scientists Fear China-Laos Railway Could Spark Another Global Health Crisis
Some scientists fear that the China-Laos Railway could spark another global health crisis after COVID-19 because the accelerated development along its once-remote trajectory is causing tree loss and bringing humans into closer contact with bats. Deep in the forests of Laos, China has built a state-of-the-art high-speed railway. The link is supposed to bring prosperity. […]