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The Rise of Sri Lanka: Singapore’s New Business Companion
Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Sri Lanka has been the source of numerous Western media articles describing it as a ‘victim’ of China’s Belt & Road Initiative, and especially debt trap issues over the countries South-Eastern Hambantota Port and Airport. As I have been saying – I maintain two houses and own a boutique hotel in the country and know of these matters – the real story is not how Western media have generally portrayed the issue.
I debunked the Hambantota stories in the article ‘China’s Belt & Road Is Being Blamed For Hambantota’s Port Problems, But The Real Story Is Rather Different’ and also described how Hambantota Port and Airport are being connected to the national rail network, a project that is well underway and should be completed in the next couple of years.