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Jun 06, 2015
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Chinese investment in Sri Lanka is causing major problems for Sri Lanka’s President Mathripala Sirisena and has become a point of tension in Sri Lanka–China relations.

Before taking office, Sirisena promised that he would look into alleged corruption, stating he would investigate how Sri Lanka is “being obtained by foreigners by paying ransom to a handfu…

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