Hungary Embraces China’s Belt & Road, Undermining Efforts to Curtail Human Rights Abuses
News Analysis
As the free world unites to condemn and penalize the human rights violations and aggressive expansion of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one European country is moving against the tide.
Hungary has demonstrated a firm pro-CCP stance in a series of recent events, after the European Union, the United States, the UK, and Canada announced sanctions against China over the genocide of Uyghur Muslims on March 22. The Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto accused the sanctions of being “pointless, self-aggrandizing, and harmful.” Of the 27 EU members, Hungary was the only country that voted against the sanctions.
Beijing is not looking for a partnership in Sri Lanka. Instead, it wants an overseas province
Sri Lanka is on a highway to becoming a Chinese colony. It began with the Hambantota Port and has now spilled into the port city of Colombo. Both are strategic assets, one of which is already under Chinese control. The other could soon follow if the government has its way.
The Colombo port city is a special financial zone being built next to Colombo mostly on land reclaimed from the sea. They are calling it the next Dubai and it is being touted as a city from the future.
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