by Imitiaz Bakeer Markar I first met Dudley Senanayake in 1970. Despite the effects of the colossal defeat of the so-called National Government he led still prevailing, I met him at Woodlands along with a group of students from Ananda College, Colombo. In that era there were students of Ananda who attended classes conducted by […]
(Part I of this article appeared on 04 June) by Laleen Jayamanne A.J. Gunawardena wrote art criticism for The Island newspaper under the pseudonym Jayadeva. In his 1997 (22/6) review of Sarath Chandrajeewa’s third solo exhibition, ‘Art in Pottery’ (sponsored by the Lionel Wendt Gallery and Nihal Fernando of Studio Times), he lays out a […]
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No evidence China uses ‘debt trap’ to seize other countries’ assets, say experts
There’s no evidence that shows China intends to thrust impoverished countries into debt in an effort to seize their assets or grasp a greater say in their internal affairs, said an expert cited by South China Morning Post (SCMP).
This is a sharp contrast to Washington’s accusation that China was associated with “debt-trap diplomacy,” according to Deborah Brautigam, a professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins University and founding director of the China Africa Research Initiative (CARI).
CARI regards the alleged “debt trap” as a myth after checking in on thousands of Chinese loan documents, most of which are African projects.