22:0222:02, 18 December 2021diffhist−1
Hambantota International Port
Whoops. Sorry - wrong Section. But Port operations do need to be updated as it's stuck on 2017. Alot has occured in the 4 years since. https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/revival-hambantota-port-sri-lanka-strengthen-china-position-indian-ocean-1781171-2021-03-19Tag: Visual edit: Switched
21:4421:44, 18 December 2021diffhist+523
Debt-trap diplomacy
Added in sources for that key info that was previously omitted. "The $1.12 billion cash infusion was used to bolster its foreign reserves, not to pay off China Eximbank." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/china-debt-trap-diplomacy/617953/Tags: RevertedVisual editMobile editMobile web edit
21:3921:39, 18 December 2021diffhist+70
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→Sri Lanka: Don't mislead loosely as if the money was used to pay off Chinese loans. BE more specific. Clarified that the cash was used to boost its foreign reserves, not to pay off China Eximbank or Chinese loans. Such important context is completely missing. - "which Sri Lanka used to pay down debts to other creditors and boost its foreign reserves.". https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/debunking-myth-china-s-debt-trap-diplomacyTags: RevertedMobile editMobile web edit
21:3121:31, 18 December 2021diffhist−1
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→Sri Lanka: Not neutral info. That's not why they leased it out. They leased it out because they went into Debt crisis..and needed cash to boost their foriegn reserves. See Talk. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Debt-trap_diplomacy#Misleading_SentenceTags: RevertedMobile editMobile web edit
20:3720:37, 18 December 2021diffhist+38
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→Arguments: This section needs to be updated. It repeats the same premature accusations as 2017. Except as of 2021, there is zero evidence or real examples of debt trap diplomacy. There is instead lots of research and new papers debunking the myth. "case of the Hambantota lease remains ensconced by many myths that, only recently, media and academic literature have started to debunk.". https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/06/05/questioning-the-debt-trap-diplomacy-rhetoric-surrounding-hambantota...Tags: RevertedMobile editMobile web edit
12:2112:21, 18 December 2021diffhist+263
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Omitting context like tha, misleads readers into thinking the debt crisis was due to Chinese loans. That's just dishonest and manipulative. Readers should not be misled ; they should know that Debt crisis wasn't mainly due to Chinese loans. previous edit wrongfully makes it seem like China was the one that predominantly caused the debt crisis. https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/08/debunking-myth-debt-trap-diplomacyTags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
12:1012:10, 18 December 2021diffhist+532
Talk:Debt-trap diplomacy
→Sri Lanka section: Last reply. Not going to stop you adding in Chellaney's opinion that the project is economically unfeasible. But you should add in the current performance of the Port after 2017, which the confirmed reality strongly contradicts chellaney again.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
11:5911:59, 18 December 2021diffhist+161
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That edit is too dishonest in pov. It loosely makes it appear that Debt crisis was actually caused only by China. That's false. Add in true verifiedcontext that the debt crisis was mainly from the misconduct of local elites and Western-dominated financial market. https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/08/debunking-myth-debt-trap-diplomacyTags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
11:5411:54, 18 December 2021diffhist+724
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Add in neutral info stating the stats on who owns Sri Lanka external Debt. China is not the major cause or holder of debt and previous edit was misleading as if it was..Tags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
11:5111:51, 18 December 2021diffhist−578
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Again that is just misinformation. The source doesn't say that Indian observers etc. Also it's misleading since most of Sri Lankan debt stock is not to China.Tags: references removedVisual editMobile editMobile web edit
06:0906:09, 18 December 2021diffhist+354
Hambantota International Port
That is just misleading. Sri Lanka decision to lease out the port, was not due to the port loans. It was due to the larger debt crisis caused not from Chinese lending, but from excessive borrowing on Western-dominated capital markets. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/debunking-myth-china-s-debt-trap-diplomacyTags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
03:2403:24, 18 December 2021diffhist−2
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The source didn't say "but". It said "and". The source was explaining that asset seizures is not in China's interest if it wants to build political capital.Tags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
03:1303:13, 18 December 2021diffhist+127
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The port finance was only 5 percent of debt servicing. Add in well sourced and missing background info. Also the cash wasn't even used to pay for the port at all but to strengthen the country's foriegn reserves. "bolster its foreign reserves, not to pay off China Eximbank.". https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/china-debt-trap-diplomacy/617953/Tags: RevertedVisual editMobile editMobile web edit