by Anura Guruge
on March 31, 2022
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Here are some extracts from my May 2021 post (shown above):
“China already through various deals & LEASES owns a fair chunk of coastal Sri Lanka — including one strategic port.”
“Various administrations, over the last two decades, have out of desperation or for personal gain, given China more & more access & sway over the country. China is happy to lend Sri Lanka lost of money (with backhanders in tow) as long as the loans are backed up by access to land & water.”
“It is no secret that China doesn’t have enough fertile land to support it population. They are buying & leasing land all over the world.”
The current President & his relatives (that run most of the country) will gladly handover the keys to Sri Lanka to China for a few more million dollars & flee to the U.S.! Yes, many have U.S. citizenship — or they will claim asylum.
It would be bloodless.
And as we have seen with Ukraine U.S. & others, at best, will impose some financial sanctions on China — who will just shrug them off.
Yes, India will NOT be happy BUT India is not going to go to war with China over Sri Lanka. That nuclear thing … & Sri Lanka, in the end, is still a very small potatoe.
China will whip the country back into some level of normalcy. It will be better than the misery they have now.
Just my thought. I am sure China has already thought this through & has a plan.
