In an exclusive interview with Global Times reporter Zhang Weilan (GT), Lao Ambassador to China Khamphao Ernthavanh (Ernthavanh) shared her expectations of the 20th CPC National Congress, her insights on the 61-year-long ties between China and Laos, as well as her expectations for the future of bilateral ties, and she also refuted Western media hype over the so-called China debt trap.