Sri Lanka had struggled to pay its debt to Chinese firms. So in December, it handed over a strategic port and 15,000 acres of land to China on a 99-year lease.https://nyti.ms/2tyRCgw
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The case is one of the most vivid examples of China’s ambitious use of loans and aid to gain influence around the world — and of its willingness to play hardball to collecthttps://nyti.ms/2yVHVh8
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Now China has control of territory just a few hundred miles off the shores of its rival, India, and a strategic foothold along a critical waterwayhttps://nyti.ms/2MtYUcl
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Statement from His Excellence Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa regarding allegations mentioned in
#NYtimeshttps://twitter.com/presrajapaksa/status/1013317959417319425?s=21 … -
#Srilankan Gov minsters Misinterpreting information on NYtimeshttps://twitter.com/dailymirror_sl/status/1013337937574952960?s=21 …
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