Tweet Central American migrants wait for food in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in a pen erected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to process a surge of migrant families and unaccompanied minors. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) The following story appeared Feb. 12 in Asia TImes and remains behind the paywall. Like most newspapers, Asia Times has to charge for content to stay in business. I am releasing the article to PJ Media readers because it’s critical for us to understand what competition we face. American officials habitually dismiss China’s global infrastructure buildout as “debt trap diplomacy,” but the real story is more complicated, and more ominous. I know it, because I spent several years in the belly of the dragon.