The Antigua and Barbuda government has brushed aside a report by a US publication that the country had become the front yard for China, with Beijing being able to exert undue influence on the Gaston Browne administration.
In its April 19 article, Newsweek Magazine said its investigation highlighted China's increasing involvement on the island through diplomacy and state-owned companies, the signing of a private company deal in January for a new Chinese Special Economic Zone, and agreements that, among other things, would encourage Antiguan officials to study the thoughts of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
But the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister, Ambassador Lionel Max Hurst, says the article reflects thinking of a bygone age.
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