Lender’s remorse? China finds Africa projects require a growing wave of debt forgiveness

From Kenya to Ethiopia, Botswana to Cameroon, belt and road developments have seen write-offs of hundreds of millions of dollars African nations have problems making repayments, which report says raises ‘legitimate concerns about the sustainability of China’s outbound lending’ Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3022301/lenders-remorse-china-finds-africa-projects-require-growing

Mauritius Leaks, c’est tout de même un scandale

En pleine expansion, le secteur financier mauricien joue de la fine frontière entre optimisation et évasion fiscales. Une nouvelle enquête du Consortium international des journalistes d’investigation accuse l’offshore de l’île Source : https://www.letemps.ch/economie/mauritius-leaks-cest-meme-un-scandale

China summons US envoy in protest over Washington’s condemnation of Hong Kong extradition bill

Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3014573/china-summons-us-envoy-protest-over-hong-kong-extradition-bill

Hong Kong activist Avery Ng loses appeal against sentence for divulging details of corruption investigation into former government official

Ng had been sentenced to four months in prison for disclosing details of probe into former permanent secretary for home affairs Betty Fung Chairman of League of Social Democrats says his actions in public interest but judge rules they served only to raise his reputation A Hong Kong activist convicted of divulging details of a …