the deals with china were inked by sri lanka's former president mahinda rajapaksa he himself comes from the district of happen toter the projects here bear his stamp including the chinese funded poor. couldn't pay back its loans in exchange for a one point one trillion dollar debt relief it granted china in one thousand nine year lease for the poorest there are rumors that beijing could be eyeing us up as a military base they are not giving anything to us simply because as i said before because the just want to actually live there no they obviously commercial plus political interest in there. so what the problem is what do we do. really need the cash we need investments and nobody is coming many of the countries china invests in have been shackled by huge debt as a result enabling beijing to wield considerable power control lanka rajapaksa has of late been staging a political comeback with a reputation as a pro china strongman his resurgence is welcome news for beijing. germany has big plans it wants to boost the share of renewable energy outwards to sixty five is said by twenty three l