To appreciate the challenges confronting Sri Lanka’s new president, take the road to Hambantota.
At the end of a stretch of jungle in the south of the island sits a convention hall for 1,500 people, a 35,000-seater cricket stadium and a massive “international” airport. All are empty and rotting away in the heat.
The infrastructure projects also include a $3.1bn port, which was financed by China and is now controlled by Beijing after the Sri Lankan government incurred heavy losses and gave up on bankrolling it in 2017.
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