“Some Prato residents suspect that the flood of immigrants is part of a strategy by Beijing to exploit the Italian market, though the Chinese government does not generally use illegal migrants to carry out its overseas development plans.”
—I know that the Chinese government makes people (westerners) very nervous, but seriously, name me a country that does use illegal migrants to carry out overseas development plans.
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