Sri Lanka and China’s Maritime Silk Road: A Convergence of Interests

Peng Er Lam

East Asian Policy (EAP), 2015, vol. 07, issue 03, 114-123

Abstract: China had invested heavily in many mega infrastructural projects in Sri Lanka even before President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt, One Road” strategy. In January 2015, the pro-China President Mahinda Rajapaksa unexpectedly lost his reelection bid. Western and Indian press generally believe that the new Sri Lankan president will reconsider projects with China agreed to by Rajapaksa. Nevertheless, Sri Lanka needs China for its economic development and China needs Sri Lanka for its Maritime Silk Road.

Date: 2015
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