Sri Lanka: Belt and Road Initiative and the myth of the debt trap

By Orçun Göktürk The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was presented by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his trip to Kazakhstan in 2013, was the first target of Brahma Challaney’s “Debt Trap Diplomacy” black propaganda in 2017[1]. Since then, Western countries have adhered to the phrase and begun focusing on the leading BRI in … Continue reading Sri Lanka: Belt and Road Initiative and the myth of the debt trap