Beijing weaponized Kenyan immigration officials to arbitrarily lock up an invited Taiwanese scholar for 20 hours right before a major international ocean summit.
During preparations for the 11th Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenyan authorities confiscated the academic's passport and phone under intense political pressure from China. The hostility escalated when Kenyan officials blocked Taiwanese IP addresses and abruptly revoked travel visas for the arriving scientists. Citing severe safety concerns, Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council, the government agency managing maritime policy, was forced to completely withdraw its entire delegation from the global environmental forum.
This cross-border targeting exposes how the Chinese Communist Party exploits its predatory Belt and Road infrastructure loans to turn debt-ridden nations into diplomatic enforcers. By weaponizing financial leverage, the regime is successfully forcing foreign governments to sabotage international scientific cooperation and systematically isolate Taiwan.
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