Explainer China Merchants Group Limited, the parent company of the Chinese state-owned firm contracted by BC Ferries to build new vessels, has faced international scrutiny over its global activities, including allegations of debt-trap diplomacy through China’s Security Threats and Industry Dominance: Behind the Controversy Over the Chinese Shipyard Building BC Ferries Vessels
Explainer China Merchants Group Limited, the parent company of the Chinese state-owned firm contracted by BC Ferries to build new vessels, has faced international scrutiny over its global activities, including allegations of debt-trap diplomacy through China’s 
President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated a previous warning to BRICS nations that he would be imposing an additional 10 percent tariff on them, saying the bloc was created to replace the U.S. dollar as the dominant currency for international trade.
International advocacy groups are calling for an independent investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) clampdown on independent legal advocacy that the regime unleashed a decade ago. More than 300 rights lawyers and legal activists were arrested