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Sri Lankan leader insists Chinese-funded projects are viable

by Bharatha Mallawarachi
| October 10, 2020 12:03 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president asked a visiting delegation led by a senior Chinese diplomat on Friday to assist him in disproving a perception that China-funded megaprojects are “debt traps” aimed at gaining influence in local affairs.

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