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    1. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Jun 28

      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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    2. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Jun 28

      Now, a months-long Times investigation shows how China and the companies under its control ensured their interests in Sri Lanka, a country hungry for financinghttps://nyti.ms/2tyuMp8 

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      The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Jun 28

      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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        1. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Jun 28

          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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        1. akakapa  💚 ✊‏ @akakapa70 Jun 28
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          They learned from USA. Good students!

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        1. d  🇺🇸  🔔  🗽  🍂  🍁‏ @dougalpollux Jun 28
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          isn’t that similar to what was done to greece 🇬🇷 by global banks?

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        1. Tony herbert‏ @Tonyherbert15 Jun 29
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          Extortion. You wouldn't call it anything less . India wouldn't be too happy with that arrangement . I wouldn't be if I was them .

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        1. irving huber‏ @truthisstrength Jun 29
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          Belt and road might be more properly called rope and noose

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        1. Global Pops‏ @PopsGlobal Jun 28
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          OBOR is essentially going to become China's Potter's Field #ItsAWonderfulLife #China #BorrowingFrom5000yearsofHistory

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        1. Kominsens‏ @kominsens Jun 28
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          You mean like the Marshall Plan?

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        1. Ayodele Joseph‏ @_ayojoseph Jun 28
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          There are ways of negotiating loans that doesn't include payments in kinds.

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        1. the gøbi manchurian candidate‏ @learned_hound Jun 28
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          Never in the history of the world has a nation been so bold

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        1. Ck views n reviews‏ @6ef9ae46f51444c Jun 28
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          By hook or by crook hang the world on China s wishes .no ??

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        1. M. McKnife • 刀马丁‏ @Martin_McKnife Jun 28
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          Like Hong Kong then.

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        1. Leesey Hyde‏ @LeeseyH Jun 28
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          This is nightmare-inducing SCARY!

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