China funnels its overseas aid money into political leaders’ home provinces

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was Sri Lanka’s prime minister, with the Chinese president Xi Jinping after launching a project to construct a $1.4 billion port city on an artificial island off Colombo. Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was Sri Lanka’s prime minister, with the Chinese president Xi Jinping after launching a project to construct a $1.4 billion port city on an artificial island off Colombo. Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/29/china-funnels-overseas-aid-money-political-leaders-home-provinces