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Sri Lanka's crisis and its relationship with China

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The Havantite Project - A Good Example of a Belt and Road Project

The port of hambantosa and southern shalanca is a good example of a belt and road project at isn't that? In 20 17, the the project was kind of running out of money. And so they basically signed a lease to a chinese company for 99 years to operate the ports in exchange for about a billion us. Dollars. But it's also more of an example of shalanka borrowing beyond its means and not necessarily managing these huge projects very well.

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