Debunking Western Narrative of Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis
The West, after trapping many countries including itself in debts, wants to smear China and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by using the narrative of ‘debt trap’.
The West, after trapping many countries including itself in debts, wants to smear China and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by using the narrative of ‘debt trap’.
African leaders no longer have any appetite for lectures on democratic and human rights ideals that the U.S. itself has consistently failed to live by.
Washington’s politicians must make an agonizing reappraisal of U.S. foreign policy and drop hegemonism and Cold War thinking.
Human rights can only be protected and achieved if cooperation, dialogue, the rule of law and prohibition of discrimination and of double standards are applied by every state and every international organization.
The trend of selective news avoidance and the rising distrust in the news are the bitter fruits the Western media must now harvest from the seeds it has long been sowing.
The connectivity, geographically speaking, between China, far east, and Portugal, far west, is quite important for everybody.
Responsible politicians would seek compromise, even with their most intractable colleagues, rather than brazen international ventures.
Pelosi has hurt Chinese people’s feelings and insulted their aspirations of national reunification. History will never forgive her for destroying peace across the Taiwan Strait.
To strike a balance between a greener planet and energy security could be a tall order. When leaders work together, optimism is generated.
There remains no legitimate reason for Pelosi to visit Taiwan, no matter how much she and other U.S. officials will spin her trip. Her most obvious purpose for going: to irritate Beijing.
Washington should end its hegemonic delusions, sober up, cooperate with major powers, and be a responsible actor on the world stage.
With an open but sober mind, Singapore, an avowed practitioner of pragmatism, is stubbornly continuing efforts to strike the right balance between innovation-friendliness and risk-watchfulness.