Chinese financing and domestic politics in Sri Lanka-: parallel evolution across mid 20th vs 21st century episodes of bilateral interactions/

UMESH Moramudali

Chinese financing and domestic politics in Sri Lanka-: parallel evolution across mid 20th vs 21st century episodes of bilateral interactions/ Umesh Moramudali and Thilina Panduwawala - 2024

This article studies the parallel evolution of Sri Lanka’s domestic politics and China’s foreign financing in Sri Lanka’s post-independence era through four lenses, namely, political opposition, political gains, economic structure, and institutions. It concludes that China’s approach to ongoing debt restructuring will affect domestic politics around China’s engagements and affect how the bilateral economic relationship evolves.


PARALLEL EVOLUTION
POLITICAL OPPOSITION