China Uses ‘Debt Trap’ Diplomacy to Seek Hegemony

By Emel Akan:

Tactics allow China to expand its human-rights abuses, according to critics.

WASHINGTON—Through its Belt and Road initiative (BRI), China is pouring billions of dollars into emerging countries to help build massive infrastructure projects. Many of these projects, however, are financed through Chinese state-controlled lenders, leaving some nations distressed by debt burdens and putting their sovereignty at risk.

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