China's Belt and Road initiative does huge good

At last someone says the obvious: Jeffrey Sachs in this short clip says China's Belt & Road initiative does huge good.

I have been waiting for one person in the newspapers to say this, even in a subordinate clause of a sentence, for years without success. 

Please confine reading the media to quickly skimming, to get important facts and to see how the media are trying to manipulate their readers.

Yes, Belt and Roads exists to extend Chinese power and protect Chinese interests. In those respects it resembles USAID except USAID was more left-wing.

Countries that borrow large sums from China become deeply indebted, clearly, but we are only told how bad this is without any qualification.

I came across the clip because an American pseudo-conservative called Ben Shapiro retweeted this as evidence that Sachs is not a patriotic American. Sachs is the best sort of patriot, not in any way a stooge of China or Russia. On the other hand, BS is a fervent Zionist and therefore his love of the USA does not prevent him being devoted to another Asian country. 

Here is the whole interview.

I advise you, gentle reader, to listen to Professor Sachs on all subjects. That's even more worthwhile than reading Christopher Caldwell or watching  Professor John Mearsheimer (honourable mentions to Peter Hitchens and Arnaud Bertrand).