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China grants $90M to Sri Lanka after visit by top official

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

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — China announced Sunday that it was providing a $90 million grant to Sri Lanka, two days after the island nation's president sought help from a visiting Chinese delegation in disproving a perception that China-funded megaprojects are “debt traps.”

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