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Ambassador Kelly Craft · Peng Shuai, Beijing Olympics & Holding China Accountable with Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft · Joe Lonsdale · Feb 3, 2022 · at 28:42
Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft discusses Chinese Belt and Road infrastructure projects with host Joe Lonsdale.
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“Now we're seeing that the countries, yes, they, they're in terrible debt to China. However, they will not allow them to come in and take some of their strategic areas, whether it's the ports, whether it's their airports”
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