Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the island under military guard in July after a huge crowd stormed his official residence, blaming him for the unprecedented economic crisis.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin declined to go into details of Beijing’s talks with Colombo in relation to the berthing of the ship at the Hambantota port.
Given the apprehensions of increasing protests against him, Ranil Wickremesinghe will find that winning the hearts and minds of the angry protesters is easier said than done.