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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
#MengWanzhou could walk free today — if a Canadian judge rules in her favour. Decision expected to come shortly. Follow @wanyeelii @TorontoStar for the news. thestar.com/news/canada/20…. #cdnpoli #huawei
There’s a media lockup so no one is live-tweeting but it’s supposed to lift in 15 minutes... so stay tuned. Our story will be updated at this link: thestar.com/news/canada/20… @wanyeelii
Chinese officials have increased pressure on Canada to release Meng.
Trudeau has repeated a message that he has delivered since Meng’s arrest — that her arrest was not political and that there is no political interference in Canada’s court system. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
Trudeau has repeated a message that he has delivered since Meng’s arrest — that her arrest was not political and that there is no political interference in Canada’s court system. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
#MichaelKovrig & #MichaelSpavor have been formally arrested after 150+ days in detention (specifically #RSDL). A thread explaining a bit about what this means and why there are still so many things that we don't know (and likely will not know anytime soon). 1/
There is often confusion in English b/c, well, #Kovrig & #Spavor have been locked up for 5+ months, which looks like an "arrest." But "arrest" here is "逮捕" -- a specific procedure that goes through prosecutors (aka the procuratorate or procuracy). 2/
chinanews.com/gn/2019/05-16/…
chinanews.com/gn/2019/05-16/…
This means the cases are still in the investigation phase but now the prosecutors are directly involved as well as the public security forces. In garden-variety cases, Chinese prosecutors sometimes disagree with police (though very rarely in public). Do NOT expect that here. 3/
THREAD: On how I got the exclusive interview yesterday with Canadian ambassador to China #JohnMcCallum at a dim sum restaurant. He resigned today at the request of the prime minister. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
A friend had told me about this charity dim sum lunch in downtown Vancouver’s Victoria restaurant. The organizer initially was open to me coming but then disinvited me because McCallum’s comments on #MengWanzhou were so controversial. He was a guest of honour. I went anyways. 
I started by taking a photo of McCallum sitting next to Christy Clark. I didn’t understand why other journalists who also got wind of the event were just standing to the side. There were no staff blocking media from entering. Maybe I’m rude from years as a foreign correspondent?
