Thread by @InsightGL

-#China's Belt and Road Initiative is always bad news for locals
-139 countries are part of BRI because local leaders due to personal greed have disregarded #NationalSecurity
-#Cambodia’s Lower Sesan 2 dam & #Guinea’s Souapiti Dam have resulted in severe #HumanRightsViolations

-BRi isn't just enormous network of roads, railways, tunnels, dams, airports, ports, energy pipelines, power plants
-It comes bundled with digital glue of telecommunications networks, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System and above all search for food & minrals

-Iran is another nation which is fast replacing #Pakistan as core BRI country
-China has multiple large-scale BRI projects in #Iran with complete disregard for rights of locals
-Chinese fishing ships are creating havoc in leased out territorial waters of #Persian Gulf
@KlasraRauf

-Situation is so grim that while #Chinese fishing vessels are illegally cleaning out fish resources in #Persian Gulf #Iranian fishermen are forced to pay $10k in bribes to Somalian pirates to let them fish on #African shores
-#Iranian govt’s disregard for own citizens is worisome

-Same is plight of locals in #Pakistan & #SriLanka
-As I had reported #Chinese are already present in Palk Bay
-It is just a matter of time that they would be fishing in #Indian waters too

-BRI was incorporated into #Chinese constitution in 2017
-That means BRI participating countries of Central & #SouthAsia, #MiddleEast, #Europe, #Africa, #LatinAmerica are governed by #CCP constitution
-Time is of the essence
-Act now or perish