China is successfully exporting its authoritarian practices globally

Beijing's infrastructure loans come with strings attached

Marco Rubio

February 13, 2022 05:00 JST

A young person places a sack of cobalt on an 11-year old boy's back near Kasulo mine operated by Congo DongFang Mining, a subsidiary of Chinese company Huayou Cobalt, in Kolwezi , Congo, in July 2018: the horrifying industry is in operation. © Corbis News/Getty Images

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, ranking member of the Congressional Executive Commission on China and a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.