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For the past several years, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean has become a regular feature in international headlines. Time and again, Sri Lanka has been displayed as an example of the dark underbelly of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious, multibillion-dollar connectivity corridor spanning half the globe.
Violating U.S. ‘norms’, China aids global fight vs. hunger, disease By Sara Flounders posted on May 12, 2021 A document released by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines April 9, “2021 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community,” labels China the greatest threat to the United States. It claims China’s threat is so serious that an intensifying level of U.S. intelligence operations, cyberattacks and investment in military technology must be organized to counter it. Democrats and Republicans vye in Congress in a push of anti-China legislation requiring multi...
U.S. bill aimed at countering China aggression set to pass committee stage 04/21/2021 08:14 PM The U.S. Capitol Building. CNA file photo Washington, April 20 (CNA) A draft bill that seeks to boost the United States' capability to counter China's aggression on the international stage, including its belligerence against Taiwan, is expected to clear the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday (U.S. time). Titled the "Strategic Competition Act of 2021," the draft bill calls for the U.S. to reassert its leadership within international organizations and other multilateral arenas and to...
U.S. bill aimed at countering China aggression clears committee stage 04/22/2021 01:36 AM CNA file photo Washington, April 21 (CNA) A draft bill that seeks to boost the United States' capability to counter China's aggression on the international stage, including its belligerence against Taiwan, cleared the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday (U.S. time). Titled the "Strategic Competition Act of 2021," the draft bill was passed by an overwhelming vote of 21 to 1. It calls for the U.S. to reassert its leadership within international organizations and other multilateral arenas a...
Jakarta has sought to engage with any foreign government willing to support its domestic development agenda. By February 15, 2021 Advertisement Last year, Indonesia-U.S. relations saw many highlights, from the visit of then U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the extension of Generalized System of Preferences trade preferences for Indonesia. Among other issues, one thing that has not received as much attention was Washington’s support for infrastructure development in Indonesia. In fact, the U.S. government, through International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has recently emphas...