Beijing is not looking for a partnership in Sri Lanka. Instead, it wants an overseas province
Sri Lanka is on a highway to becoming a Chinese colony. It began with the Hambantota Port and has now spilled into the port city of Colombo. Both are strategic assets, one of which is already under Chinese control. The other could soon follow if the government has its way.
The Colombo port city is a special financial zone being built next to Colombo mostly on land reclaimed from the sea. They are calling it the next Dubai and it is being touted as a city from the future.