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Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative Undermining Human Rights?
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June 07, 2019
The BRI has provided much-needed development, but it has also generated more authoritarianism.
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China is moving into new geographical areas of Sri Lanka, where Indian influence has traditionally been strongest.
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India and China’s Tug of War Over Sri Lanka
India sets out to check China’s efforts to turn the island into a maritime hub on its "Belt and Road."
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