We were all taught , as a child,that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The same should apply in adulthood. End of story.

... we need less Chinese involvement, not more! Pindling was right to try and keep them out. They give a little with one hand and take a lot with the other, but sadly Bahamians like "free" things!

OMG! These are the same ChiComs who GAVE our planet the COVID epidemic funded with King Fauci's financial support through the US NHA and now they want to come to our country to TAKE our eye-sight or the eye-sight of one of our loved ones. Both Slo Mo Sears and Dim Wit Darville really need to have their own eyes fixed.

who knew trump's maga cult had invaded the Bahamas. Much like the rest of the world, the Chinese are proving to be a more reliable and predictable government to believe in than the trump governed US. Look around, they have provided more jobs, locally than the US.

You're certainly living proof of the effectiveness of the propaganda the sinister and evil ChiComs have been spewing throughout our nation since 1992. Next you will be telling us 85% of our tourists come from Communist China and not North America.

The CCP is good at building sports stadiums and making other token gestures to small nations like ours while seeking employment opportunities for their own people in the construction industry and doing whatever they can to create a debt trap.

Open your eyes my friend. Yes, US foreign policy can leave a bad taste in your mouth but that's not nearly as bad as what the ChiComs have planned for all of us.

trump told us what he/US thinks about the Bahamas by his ambassador selection. You keep believing the China boogeyman propaganda fed you by the US. The Chinese are business people that lead with their money. The US are business people that lead with their guns. How many Chinese guns are responsible for the murders in the Bahamas. You wake up bulla!

You are totally clueless about who is funding most of the black on black and black on white violence around the world, especially on the African continent. It's not the evil US deep state of yesterday.......it's the cunning and conniving CCP deep state of today that finds it easier to spread its sinister global tentacles in nations that it has destabilized. Much to the chagrin of the US government, the ChiComs long ago took a page out of the old CIA playbook when it comes to harming other nations to achieve their stated goal of global dominance.

Now if we could only get the Chinese interested in Lucayan to give Freeport a chance to regain its financial footings ... unless exposed can finally get more south africans or US dollars off the table.

LOL. Why don't you get a loan from the ChiComs and buy it yourself?

**USA vs The Republic of China (ROC)** strategic investments came from China* in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Dorian in 2019 that left much of the archipelago nation decimated. -- A Principle as evidence; -- Supported Biblically and of which the Chinese were guided by their actions related to financial stewardship* to the benefit of the Bahamian popoulaces'.* -- Yes?

Once had a Marketing Director whose famous sayings was" what look like, smell like, feel like but Isn't -something for free!). A small portion of the inflated cost of importing foreign products and the sale profits from within our country is given back and is our money made to look like charitable gifts for influence payback. These funds are not their money, Believe It or not!
Do you see how many foreign local businesses just keep popping up anywhere in the ghettos.
not to mention, like magic licenses just continue to be granted whenever, wherever.

China’s Promises in the Caribbean Must Be Matched by Basic Diplomatic Decency

While Chinese Ambassador Yan Jiarong confidently announces generous initiatives—from 200+ free eye surgeries at Princess Margaret Hospital to multi-million-dollar grants and development financing under the China-CELAC framework—one cannot ignore the glaring contradiction between these public commitments and the Embassy’s silence in private correspondence.

**> Despite the stream of goodwill
> statements, emails directed to both
> chinaemb_bs@mfa.gov.cn and
> bf@mofcom.gov.cn remain unanswered.
> These communications, sent in good
> faith to engage in serious dialogue
> and development collaboration, have
> not even received basic
> acknowledgment.**

This raises a fundamental question: How serious is China in its stated commitment to “mutual respect” and “deepened cooperation” with The Bahamas and the wider Caribbean, if it cannot manage to respond to an email?

Diplomacy is not a press release—it is responsiveness, follow-through, and respect in practice. If China intends to play a genuine role in regional development, then basic communication with stakeholders should not be absent.

The Bahamian people and those working on transformative initiatives such as urban redevelopment and infrastructure renewal deserve clarity, not silence. Empty inboxes are not the hallmarks of a credible development partner.

Public commitments must be backed by private action—or they amount to little more than headlines.

The Chinese Ambassador Ms. Yan Jiarong has made a very important observation that everyone conveniently ignores by stating **"China does not coerce, threaten, sanction, or invade others."**

Since 1946 the US has been in numerous wars includes the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and many other smaller conflicts. According to statistics from Uppsala University, there have been 285 armed conflicts since 1946.

This does not include any number of coerced regime changes involving assassinations of world leaders and interfering with countries governance by installing puppet leaders to allow US control of resources.

Not to be forgotten is the fact that the United States has a history of breaking treaties and committing genocides beginning with the indigenous American Indians and Mexicans, and is guilty of many other genocides around the world including the ongoing genocide in Gaza!

Alternatively, China has no record of this dark behavior and instead has become the number one preferred global collaborator for development across the globe!

Given the stark differences in reality between the Unite States and China, only a totally ignorant individual would trust the United States over China.

I support your post

LOL. You've clearly spent too much time attending events organised by the Confucius Institute. Communist China is currently involved in numerous conflicts around the world including border disputes between Pakistan and India, Venezuela and Guyana, South China Sea and the Philippines, etc., not to mention backing of Cuba communist regime vs USA, support of Taliban against the Afghan people, backing of the military junta in Myanmar, supplying weapons in the Sudanese civil war, and so on, just to name a few instances of Communist China's "dark behaviour" as you like to put it.

Oh, I forgot two other big ones......the CCP is currently lending considerable weapons support to the North Korean foot soldiers on the ground in the Eastern Ukraine fighting on the side of Russia.....and Communist China has military ships and jet fighters daily violating Taiwan's territorial rights with the threat of eventually invading Taiwan.