BBC apologizes to Prof. Deborah Brautigam for misrepresenting her views on “Debt Trap Diplomacy"
BBC apologizes to Prof. Deborah Brautigam for misrepresenting her views on “Debt Trap Diplomacy"
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) apologized to Professor Deborah Brautigam, director of the China-Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, for editing an interview she did with the network last week in such a way that it sounded like she was a proponent of the very theo...
In an item about Chinese ‘debt trap’ diplomacy we interviewed Professor Deborah Brautigan, who explained that this ‘is the idea that China is deliberately luring countries into borrowing more money than they can afford with the goal of using that debt for strategic leverage, to seize assets of some kind or otherwise push the country to do China’s bidding.’ She went on to give an example of the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota, saying it was used by the Trump administration to promote this theory.
However Professor Brautigan’s further point, that these ideas have little basis in fact, was edited out of the broadcast interview. In fact Professor Brautigan’s research shows that Chinese banks are willing to restructure the terms of existing loans and have never actually seized an asset from any country, much less the port of Hambantota.
We apologise for the error.
source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/
I've noticed the media is backtracking on the debt trap myth and saying its false now. What's up with that? I dont trust them
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