China Debt Trap

Does shutdown of key Chinese power plants in Myanmar mirror Beijing-Naypyitaw rift?

Chinese power companies are shutting down operations in Myanmar due to financial problems faced by the ostracised Myanmar military junta…

1 year ago

Myanmar rebels attack Chinese military convoy

The Myanmarese junta government alleged on Saturday that insurgents from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a convoy of Chinese…

1 year ago

Sri Lankan President slams China over debt restructuring problems at Tokyo event

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has criticised China for excluding itself from multilateral talks focused on reducing the island nation's…

1 year ago

Sri Lanka gets breather from China but debt trap problem remains

China has assured Sri Lanka once again of help in restructuring its bilateral loans in a bid to support the…

2 years ago

Is China blocking Sri Lanka’s access to an IMF bailout package?

Voices are being raised in Sri Lanka about the dubious support that fast friend China is providing in Colombo's bid…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka’s Wickremesinghe requests China for debt restructuring

Amid economic turmoil, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged China on Thursday to restructure its debt as Beijing is Colombo's…

2 years ago

China keeps world in dark over BRI projects

<p> <strong>The spotlight on China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which has not published any official data on lending…

2 years ago

Explained: Sri Lanka & Pakistan Economic Crisis | And China’s Debt Trap Policy

<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jSwLfav0jaM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <p> Like Sri Lanka,…

3 years ago