China accused of forcing Barbados to drop Queen after pressure from Beijing

Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, told The Times: "China has been using infrastructure investment and debt diplomacy as a means of control for a while and it's coming closer to home for us."Today we're seeing it in the Caribbean. Some islands seem to be close to swapping a symbolic Queen in Windsor for a real and demanding emperor in Beijing."

It's thought China's recent interest in the Caribbean - which has seen the Communist Party Government funnel at least $7billion in six Caribbean nations since 2005 - is an attempt to wrangle them from the West's sway of influence.Barbados is said to have received around $490million worth of investment, in tourism but also through the private sector.

The Belt and Road initiative sees the building bridges and airports, an improving energy and telecommunications networks in an attempt to "deepen trade ties," says The Mail. China gifted Grenada, which has an annual GDP of just $1.8billion, with a $55million cricket stadium after they severed ties with Taiwan in 2005, similarly the country pumped an estimated $3million into the Dominican Republic in 2018 after they ended things with Taipei.

China is a bunch of Nazis

when they have a problem with China , they will deal with it , they will be independent so won’t need help from head of state 👍 cause they won’t have one

Looks like China gonna fuck all

But how did the Queen come to be Head of State in Barbados?

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