but from fundamental flaws in China's approach. Perhaps most concerning is the BRI's role as a vehicle for what critics call "debt-trap diplomacy." The case of Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port serves ...

Ethiopia’s dual engagement epitomizes the “paradox of weakness” in realist theory: smaller states, seeking autonomy through diversification, often become more vulnerable. The dual-bloc strategy has ...

Lu made the remarks after a New York Times story on June 25 said China got Sri Lanka to “cough up” Hambantota Port by using “a debt trap”. The Chinese-built Hambantota Port is a deepwater facility in ...

The strategic port city, once seen as Pakistan’s gateway ... Pakistan will remain ensnared in the debt trap—one that has effectively turned it into China’s colony. Get Latest News Live on Times Now ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s China-backed Hambantota International Port said a car carrier from Japan had discharged ... while the government was running budget surpluses to reduce World War I debt. In ...