Chinese Media Discuss How to Recover Billions in Debt from Bankrupt Sri Lanka

Chinese Media Discuss How to Recover Billions in Debt from Bankrupt Sri Lanka
Demonstrators take part in a procession against the interim Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe during a protest in front of the presidential secretariat in Colombo on July 19, 2022. ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images
Anne Zhang
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Since Sri Lanka announced its bankruptcy, voices in mainland Chinese news media have been scrambling to propose solutions on how to recover billions in investments that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) loaned to the country through its Belt and Road Initiative, aimed at expanding the communist regime’s infrastructure projects overseas.

Sri Lanka, once known as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean,” declared bankruptcy on July 5. The country’s economy has collapsed amid severe inflation, depleted foreign exchange reserves, and scarce civilian resources, triggering a food, electricity, and fuel crisis.

Anne Zhang
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Anne Zhang is a writer for The Epoch Times with a focus on China-related topics. She began writing for the Chinese-language edition in 2014.
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