“The stance on China has completely changed,” cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne told Reuters.
“Who else is going to bring us money, given tight conditions in the West?”
According to International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama, Chinese investors have also expressed interest in a special economic zone (SEZ) in Hambantota, southern Sri Lanka, where a $1.7 billion seaport and airport built by the Chinese are operating at a fraction of capacity.
“We will agree to that. They will invest their own money. That’s the way to go forward,” Samarawickrama told Reuters.
That’s the way to go forward !
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