The United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia says he is confident that the Jamaican government can handle the pressures of communist China. However, he says that as the country braces for the election period, he is calling for greater transparency in the bilateral agreements citing that china methodical in its soft power rule but there is a staunch smell of corrupt practices that surrounds the communist nation.

The ambassador was speaking at a Rotatory Club meeting in Kingston earlier today.