China’s Belt & Road Initiative: What Americans Need to Know

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The Belt & Road Initiative Explained: https://youtu.be/Rjx1iuY9D2s

The America LEADS Act: https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/10/12/2020/will-biden-pass-america-leads-act-and-start-new-cold-war-china
Rumors of China in Bagram Airport, October 3, 2021: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10054081/Military-planes-reportedly-spotted-landing-Bagram-air-base-Afghanistan.html

Taliban Rejects Rumors: https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/taliban-deny-presence-of-chinese-troops-at-afghanistan-s-bagram-airfield-121100400096_1.html
The Silk Road: https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/silk-road
Chinese Interests in Afghanistan: https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-bridge-too-far-the-unfulfilled-promise-and-limitations-of-chinas-involvement-in-afghanistan/
Nigeria Pushes Back on BRI: https://tfipost.com/2020/08/wont-let-china-colonise-us-nigeria-could-soon-shatter-chinas-bri-dreams-in-africa/
India-China Border Disputes: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53062484

Terrorist Attack at China’s Pakistan Project: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/suicide-bombings-cast-doubt-on-chinas-pakistan-projects/article36037023.ece
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and the Chinese Connection: https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-federal-tax-investigation-87c200c919aa61396b5d43077bc5b0ff

More on the Bidens and China: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-54553132
Trump’s China Policies: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumped-up-the-250-billion-in-u-s-china-trade-deals-may-not-tally-1510227753

China in West Virginia: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/25/joe-manchin-questions-chinas-84-billion-investment-in-west-virginia.html
Public Citizen: Chinese Investment in the United States Database: https://www.citizen.org/article/chinese-investment-in-the-united-states-database/