In Sri Lanka, what it meant was the de facto takeover of wide swaths of their political system after a project sputtered and Beijing seized the port. Beijing is also an untrusty, worthy partner in international commitments. We've seen this repeatedly in the Asia Pacific, where they have flagrantly violated international agreements and obligations on Hong Kong, on Taiwan. we see it right off the coast of Vietnam, in the Philippines, where Beijing is literally building artificial islands to substantiate ludicrous territorial claims. (13:00–13:16)
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Asserts that Beijing violates international agreements in the Asia Pacific.
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