“We always thought China’s investments would help our economy,” says Amantha Perera, a Sri Lankan journalist and university researcher. “But now there’s a sense that we’ve been maneuvered into selling some of the family jewels.” Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport,...
China is wedded to “state capitalism”, and is widely viewed as a “modern mercantilist”. A former Time magazine editor, Joshua Cooper Ramo, described that model as the “Beijing Consensus.” Africa has ticked the boxes in the China model, supporting...
