{"id":1749,"date":"2021-02-25T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T01:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2021-02-25T01:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T01:00:09","slug":"china-can-extend-hambantota-port-lease-to-198-years-sri-lankan-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=1749","title":{"rendered":"China can extend Hambantota port lease to 198 years, Sri Lankan minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostSri Lanka\u2019s foreign minister said the 99-year lease of the Hambantota port to China could be extended to 198 years, calling it a \u201cmistake\u201d made by the previous government, after reports that Colombo was revisiting the agreement.The port deal \u2013 signed in 2017 by the previous Sri Lankan government to cover its debts to China \u2013 has been the subject of intense international scrutiny amid accusations Beijing is using \u201cdebt trap diplomacy\u201d for geopolitical clout.Hambantota\u2019s location at the southern\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3122975\/mistake-china-can-extend-hambantota-port-lease-198-years-sri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostSri Lanka\u2019s foreign minister said the 99-year lease of the Hambantota port to China could be extended to 198 years, calling it a \u201cmistake\u201d made by&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}