Can Sri Lanka’s new government break free from China?
Construction at China’s biggest Sri Lankan real estate project, the massive Port City site, has been halted. The $1.4 billion Port City project was stopped not long after Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena took office in January. (Paula Bronstein/Paula Bronstein/ Washington Post)
By Annie Gowen August 16
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In the past seven months, Sri Lanka’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, has tried to steer the island nation back to the path of good governance and reverse the excesses of his predecessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Construction at China’s biggest Sri Lankan real estate project, the massive Port City site, has been halted. The $1.4 billion Port City project was stopped not long after Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena took office in January. (Paula Bronstein/Paula Bronstein/ Washington Post)
By Annie Gowen August 16
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In the past seven months, Sri Lanka’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, has tried to steer the island nation back to the path of good governance and reverse the excesses of his predecessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
