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China’s “debt trap” is even worse than we thought
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China's TransitionJune 28, 2018An egotistical president, an influx of foreign
cash, and a massive pile of debt led to Sri Lanka handing over an entire port
to China in December 2017, on a century-long lease.That handover gave China a
strategic foothold just 100 miles from its rival India, akin to how the Soviet
Union’s foothold in Cuba raised US blood pressure during the Cold War. Chinese
submarines have already appeared there.But now new details have emerged,
including the news that despite ceding the port, Sri Lanka is more indebted to
Beijing than ever thanks to the high interest rates on its existing loans. This
year, the countryowes nearly $13 billion, out of a forecast revenue of less
than $14 billion.Such a vulnerability to global influence is one reason China
spent millions in 2015 trying to re-elect the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda
Rajapaksa, who signed off on many of those debts, lost his office, and is now
plotting a return to power.A New York Times investigation elaborates on the
story of how the port at Hambantota came to be, despite the fact that there was
little apparent need for a new working harbor on the small island nation.
Instead, the site was chosen because it was the political base of Rajapaksa,
who sought a symbolic project to celebrate his greatness.Rajapaksa’s regime had
grown close to China as Sri Lanka faced international isolation at the tail end
of a brutal civil war between the government and Tamil insurgents. China
continued to provide funds and support for Rajapaksa, and in turn he supported
Chinese foreign-policy objectives in the region.So when he sought to build a
port, China was generous, with hundreds of millions of dollars in loans—as long
as Chinese companies could build the port, and the comings and goings there
could be shared with Chinese intelligence. As the project stretched on, growing
increasingly over-budget with little apparent revenue, new loans, with
ever-higher interest rates, were needed. The port opened early, in 2010, but
there was still a large rock blocking ships from entering that needed to be
destroyed—at a cost of $40 million.Despite China’s spending on the 2015
election, Rajapaksa was pushed out over corruption concerns. But the new
government had little choice but to accede to China’s demand to hand over the
port in 2018 as the country’s debts worsened. In 2017, it borrowed $1.5 billion
from the IMF, but this wasn’t enough—in May 2018, Sri Lanka took a new loan
worth $1 billion from the China Development Bank.Sri Lanka isn’t the only
country now fretting about debt to China. The Center for Global Development, a
nonprofit research firm, analyzed debt to China that will be incurred while
participating in the planned Belt and Road infrastructure investment scheme. It
concluded that eight nations could find themselves vulnerable to above-average
debt: Djibouti, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, the Maldives, Mongolia, Montenegro, Pakistan,
and Tajikistan.
Eight countries threatened by Belt & Road debt
Back in Sri Lanka, the government says that foreign militaries are still
forbidden at the Hambantota port. But China’s history of broken promises when
it comes to military installations abroad, combined with Sri Lanka’s
still-rising debt load, means that any restriction could be temporary.A new
party led by Rajapaksa won local elections in 2018, and while he is prohibited
from seeking the presidency again, one of his brothers is seen as a potential
candidate for national elections in 2020.
On Saturday, July 7, 2018 5:50 AM, "Hsin Hui Lin [email protected]
[GELORA45]" <[email protected]> wrote:
Fakta, Fakta
Dua tahun yg lalu minister of finance SL ribut menghantam TKK tentang
"hutang"....... Macam 2 tuduhan dilontarkan dalam media.. Duta besar TKK
achirnya menjawab nya dgn rincian hutang dan bantuan finance pd Sri
Lanka....... Sang menteri bungkam dan "oooh duta besar TKK adalah teman baik
saya" Berapa proyek penting mangkrek diatas keras slama puluhan tahun, umpama
express way Colombo ke Airport hanya 19 - - 20 km, coal power plant sejak
pertengahan 80han, pelabuhan Hambantota sejak permulaan 90han, jaringan jalan
raya...... macet karena tak ada fund, tak ada negara barat atau jepang yg
hendak menyediakan funds sbg pinjaman...... mereka, terutama India tak
menghendaki SL maju ekonominya,.... dalam perang penumpasan gerakan bersenjata
separatis Tamil, HANYA Pakistan dan TKK yg bantu SL dgn supply senjata, TKK,
sewaktu ditanya oleh menlu SL Kadirgama berapa SL -- pada PM TKK Wen Jiao
bao,----berapa SL harus bayar untuk supply senjata? jawabnya sederhana sekali
"TAK" ada.Pelabuhan Hambantota, karena tak ada funds, maka tak bisa
di--operasikan, Hambantota mangkrek beberapa tahun setelah dibangun dgn
pinjaman funds dr TKK , tak ada negara2 barat atau India yg hendak membantu SL
yg telah DIBANGUN. Achirnya SLterpaksa kembali pd TKK, Hambantota di - lease -
kan untuk bayar kembali hutang pada TKK. Selanjutnya rencanaTKK akan membangun
industrial park yg modern didaeran Hambantota dan menarik investor dari
luar.....Dalam perjanjian lease dg jelas sekali Hambantota tak akan dipakai
untuk pangkalan angkatan laut dan security Hambantota adalah sepenuhnya
dibawah AL SL. Barat, India, press barat ribut bertriak bahwa Hambantota
menjadi pangkalan AL TKK.Kalau aja negara2 barat, jepang, India dgn tulus hati
membantu pembangunan SL, kan jebakkan hutang, term press barat, TKK tak akan
ada.
Didunia kini hanya ada dua negara yg dapat dikatakan tak menempuh jalan
revisionist, Cuba dan Korea utara.......tapi pimpinan mereka kan mulai melihat
keluar pagar yg mengurung mereka..... "bahaya!!!", bisa menjadi
revisionist.... nah bagimana membendung mereka????!!!!
On 7 Jul 2018 3:28 a.m., "Sunny ambon [email protected] [GELORA45]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
https://qz.com/1317234/chinas- debt-trap-in-sri-lanka-is-
even-worse-than-we-thought/
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