Beijing has made more than $1.3 trillion in loans over the past decade or so to fund the construction of bridges, ports and highways in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new report.
Time is running out, but new PM Ranil Wickremesinghe is struggling to forge a unity government as strongman President Gotabaya Rajapaksa clings to power.
The island nation of 22 million people has been hit by prolonged power cuts, with drugs, fuel and other items running short, bringing angry protesters out on the streets