London | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advisers have accused Beijing of "chokehold" tactics in the developing world, following Barbados' move to ditch the Queen as its head of state from next year.
The republican push in the Caribbean nation of 287,000 people has stoked the British Conservative Party's rising concern about China's enhanced global clout and its use of cheap loans to gain political leverage.
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