Why a Chinese ship’s arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West August 19, 202211:01 AM ET Lauren Frayer npr COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — It all began 20 years ago, when China loaned Sri Lanka more than $1 billion to build a fancy new port — what would become its second-largest — on its southern coast. The Hambantota port, with its strategic location near busy Indian Ocean shipping routes, was touted as good for Sri Lankan commerce. But it wasn’t profitable, and the government defaulted on…
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