Jeff Fortenberry: “I think we need to change that equation.”

China's development strategy, frankly, is this: It is predatory lending, it is resource extraction, and it is payment to authoritarian regimes.

I told them what I knew and what I understood. They`ve accused me of lying to them and are charging me with this. We`re shocked. We`re stunned. I feel so personally betrayed. We thought we were trying to help.

I believe this is inconsistent with sound diplomacy. It is a projection of our own ideological divisions on the poor throughout the world.

I wanted to send you a video because we do have something hard to tell you.