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Description:
A recent news report asks why the Lebanese government is not accepting various Chinese offers to develop its debilitated infrastructure, this as the small Mediterranean country goes through an unprecedented economic and social crisis.
Source: Al-Manar TV (Website)
Date: November 3, 2021
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Transcript:
Reporter:
50 years since the start of modern Lebanese-Chinese relations, however, China has been interested in (building strong relations with) Lebanon for more than 2000 years through the Silk Road. In order to ensure the durability of (Chinese) relations with Lebanon, major Chinese companies send representatives to Beirut to offer assistance amid the (current) difficult economic and living conditions in Lebanon.
Mahmoud Abu Raya, Chinese affairs expert:
For example, the former Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon, Wang Kejian, who recently left (Lebanon) had (presented) many offers and fully operational files which China can implement through the BOT system, in which Lebanon won’t pay any financial sum for the services provided (by China). However, the (Chinese) ambassador (Wang Kejian) left Lebanon before receiving any positive response (by the Lebanese government) to these offers.
Reporter:
A protocol visit of the Chinese Ambassador to Beirut to the Ministry of Energy and Water was attended by the representative of Chinese Huawei Company to offer a project of building clean power plants through huge wind fans and solar energy, in addition to (expressing) the willingness of the company to help Lebanon rehabilitate its drinking water infrastructure.
Mahmoud Abu Raya, Chinese affairs expert:
(The scenarios of those who do not consider Chinese help offers seriously are) devoid of truth, saying that China haven’t proposed anything – any offers to Lebanon, or that these offers are imaginary and unrealistic. (In fact,) the unrealistic (issue) is how close the relation of some Lebanese officials and some other (political) forces and celebrities as well with the western project, which make them unable to see the (importance of) Chinese offers – offers that might actually save Lebanon.
Reporter:
The value of Chinese exports to Lebanon in 2019 reached about $1.8 billion, which is about 11% of total (Lebanese) imports. While (the value of) Lebanese exports to China reached about $470 million, which is about 12% of total (Lebanese) exports. These exports could rise exponentially if the Lebanese government had the genuine will to expand its relations Eastward.
One word. Corruption. By Western money.
Lebanon should have turned eastwards in economic field by now,it is really 5 after midnight,so to say. But everything is complicated in Lebanon..
Bad things seem to befall smaller countries who enthusiastically buy into OBOR.
Name one?
Ethiopia
Can you explain what happened to Ethiopia because of OBOR?
I didn’t say it was “because”. I noted a correlation between unrest (and, presumably foreign support and funding of such), sanctions and negative news, and OBOR. Almost as if some powerful entity does not want it to be successful.
Thank you for your clarification, Billboards. The Sudan is getting the color treatment as well. The USA hates it when a country acts independently. Ethiopia acted alone (with some help with China) on the Renaissance Dam. That is a crime against the interest of America’s friend, Egypt. So America has to disintegrate this country of over 3000 years history. Will that succeed?
https://youtu.be/l0rAxPKVqYQ
😄😁😄You’re repeating CIA ‘s narrative ad- nauseum my friend.
We can clearly see each and every steps taken by the empire to attempt defeating China but it won’t work.
the taliban & russia were chatting for 5yrs & no one suspected. the chinese were in discussions with them as well. nasrallah & iran talk freely. hezbollah & russia talk, tass reports hezbollah visit to moscow. i suspect china & hezbollah have had an exchange of ideas, more than once. lebanon is on the brink of civil war, something neither hezbollah or the lebanese wish bt something u$rael desires. my guess: china, hezbollah, russia, syria & iran are all working to save lebanon from the disaster & chaos the empire hopes to deliver them. like afghanistan the defeat of the empire & the arrival of hezbollah in the upcoming elections & peace will appear to have happened suddenly. u$rael will be left to continue with head chopper hybrid war in lebanon. bt hezbollah will be ready. china will begin as it has in pakistan. the bri is not going to be stopped. time, something u$rael doesn’t have.
Nothing good will happen in Lebanon so long as the puppets of Western colonialists remain in charge.
Nothing good will happen in Lebanon until Hizbullah takes over the reins of power and enforces a divorce with the colonialists. Until then it will be nothing but disaster after disaster.
They are temporarily captured by the BS of the west ! That however will change !
Another case of a country’s military being co-opted by the Zionistas. Treachery abound.
Lebanon will continue to be a tough nut to crack for China. I don’t expect them having much success. Perhaps they should concentrate on Syria instead.
Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney wanted to destroy all MiddleEast countries to keep Israel happy and safe.
How many of the leaders of Lebanon do not have another place to go when they start a fire they cannot put out. Most likely none. Unlike the vast majority of Lebanese who live there. The nation is led by people who in their mind are playing the grand chess game when there is no food on the shelves or gas a the pumps all in the darkness because the power is down again. One could easily say there is no government in Lebanon just supervisors of chaos circling above like vultures looking for a opportunity to feed on the misery of the people they care little for. For the big players in the area Lebanon is where they want it to be, imploding.