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1. We have come out with our grand report titled :
"The BRI Status: A Grand Report" on Its Present and Future.
Here is a thread on the same.
#BRI #China
Link: ij-reportika.com/the-bri-a-gran…
@ShawnG927 @jenny_kjacobs @tiffanymeier_ @NoCCPGenocide @UMM1776
"The BRI Status: A Grand Report" on Its Present and Future.
Here is a thread on the same.
#BRI #China
Link: ij-reportika.com/the-bri-a-gran…
@ShawnG927 @jenny_kjacobs @tiffanymeier_ @NoCCPGenocide @UMM1776
2. "The #BRI Status: A Grand Report on Its Present and Future" sheds light on numerous challenges faced by BRI like:
cost overruns,
corruption,
environmental damage,
funding issues,
repeated delays,
lack of progress,
and poor quality of development.
@Santos4Congress
cost overruns,
corruption,
environmental damage,
funding issues,
repeated delays,
lack of progress,
and poor quality of development.
@Santos4Congress
3. According to our investigation, 62.8% of the countries that have joined the #BRI are #developing countries, while around 17% are #developed countries.
This suggests that the BRI is primarily focused on developing countries.
@GundamNorthrop @Byron_Wan
This suggests that the BRI is primarily focused on developing countries.
@GundamNorthrop @Byron_Wan
Dug up a 2011 piece on #Hambantota that I wrote for LakbimaNews which cannot be found online (no website or archives) now. #SriLankaEconomicCrisis #SriLanka
Investigative journalists know that every administration has its deal-makers. And one of the mysteries of the Yahapalana govt is the #Hambantota Silver Park project.
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THREAD (1)
March 6, 2019: Cabinet approved Malik Samarawickrama’s memo to lease out 400 acres in Hambantota for a petroleum refinery as a joint venture between Silver Park International (Pvt) Ltd, Singapore, and the Ministry of Oil & Gas of Sultanate of Oman. (2)
It was said Accord and Omani Ministry signed the US$ 3.8bn deal to build a 200,000 barrel-per-day refinery in 44 months. Even Chinese investment into Port City stopped at US$ 1.4bn while China Merchants Port Holdings spent US$ 1.12bn to lease and manage the Hambantota port. (3)
Investigative journalists know that every administration has its deal-makers. And one of the mysteries of the Yahapalana govt is the #Hambantota Silver Park project.
THREAD (1)
THREAD (1)
March 6, 2019: Cabinet approved Malik Samarawickrama’s memo to lease out 400 acres in Hambantota for a petroleum refinery as a joint venture between Silver Park International (Pvt) Ltd, Singapore, and the Ministry of Oil & Gas of Sultanate of Oman. (2)
It was said Accord and Omani Ministry signed the US$ 3.8bn deal to build a 200,000 barrel-per-day refinery in 44 months. Even Chinese investment into Port City stopped at US$ 1.4bn while China Merchants Port Holdings spent US$ 1.12bn to lease and manage the Hambantota port. (3)
Challenges faced by the world in 2020-21 due to China’s Belt Road Initiative(#BRI)
#BRI is criticized for China’s debt trap policy
#BRI has led social unrest & clashes between Chinese workers and the local community in countries
#COVID19 further intensified problems
1/20
#BRI is criticized for China’s debt trap policy
#BRI has led social unrest & clashes between Chinese workers and the local community in countries
#COVID19 further intensified problems
1/20
BRI also led to the initial spread COVID
#Italy was the 1st nation to be badly affected by COVID19
It signed BRI deal with #China in 2019
COVID19 Spread to Italy in due to the travel and presence of Chinese workers in #Lombardy
2/20
#Italy was the 1st nation to be badly affected by COVID19
It signed BRI deal with #China in 2019
COVID19 Spread to Italy in due to the travel and presence of Chinese workers in #Lombardy
2/20
#COVIDSpread
Iran was also part of the OBOR-an agreement signed in 2019
Iran also badly suffered due to the COVID19 in the early months of 2020
@TheSiasatDaily
3/30
Iran was also part of the OBOR-an agreement signed in 2019
Iran also badly suffered due to the COVID19 in the early months of 2020
@TheSiasatDaily
3/30
பத்திரிக்கை செய்திக்குறிப்பு:
இலங்கையின் தெற்குபகுதியில் உள்ள அம்பந்தோட்டை துறைமுகத்தை சீனாவின் வசம் இலங்கை அரசு ஒப்படைக்கும் தீர்மானத்தை மே20,2021இல் நிறைவேற்றியதால் தமிழ்நாட்டில் காவல்துறை பாதுகாப்பு தீவிரப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது என 31-05-2021 ’தி இந்து’thehindu.com/news/national/… 1/10
இலங்கையின் தெற்குபகுதியில் உள்ள அம்பந்தோட்டை துறைமுகத்தை சீனாவின் வசம் இலங்கை அரசு ஒப்படைக்கும் தீர்மானத்தை மே20,2021இல் நிறைவேற்றியதால் தமிழ்நாட்டில் காவல்துறை பாதுகாப்பு தீவிரப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது என 31-05-2021 ’தி இந்து’thehindu.com/news/national/… 1/10
ஆங்கில நாளிதழின் 4ம் பக்கத்தில் செய்தி வெளியாகி உள்ளது .இதனால் தமிழ்நாட்டில் உள்ள சீனா மற்றும் இலங்கை தூதரகங்களின் முன் போராட்டத்தினை (நாடுகடந்த தமிழீழ அரசு எதிர்ப்பினை அடுத்து) தமிழர் அமைப்புகள் சீனாவின் நிறுவனங்களை குறிவைத்து போராட்டத்தை நட்டத்தப்படும் வாய்ப்புகள் உள்ளதாக 2/10
காவல்துறை தகவல்கள் சொன்னதாக ஒரு செய்தியை வெளியிட்டுளளது. மேலும் பெயர் குறிப்பிடாத தமிழ்த்தேசிய அமைப்பின் பொறுப்பாளர் இத்தகவலை சொன்னதாக சந்தேகத்திற்கிடமான யூக அடிப்படையில் செய்தியை இந்த நாளிதழ் வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. மேலும் தமிழினப்படுகொலைக்கு சர்வதேசம் நியாயம் வழங்காத காரணத்தினால் 3/10
🇨🇳🇮🇳 #CHINA's MARITIME NOOSE
China’s increased naval presence in the Indian subcontinental region, strategic investments in new 'bases' brings with it grave economic and military implications, #India must wake up and take note as #Pakistan seems like the least of its worries
China’s increased naval presence in the Indian subcontinental region, strategic investments in new 'bases' brings with it grave economic and military implications, #India must wake up and take note as #Pakistan seems like the least of its worries
The ports also come with the high risk of becoming debt traps for the host nations involved due to the massive billion dollar investments and super long lease agreements being put forth by #China as they control trade routes, container ports and petroleum transit in the region
🇱🇰 #Hambantota port in #SriLanka is feared to become a Chinese Naval facility due to its sheer size, capacity and 99 year lease agreement
