Wer hat Nordstream gesprengt?

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Was ist mit den 39 anderen Häfen die China gekauft hat? Warum wird da nichts berichtet?

Weil es nicht in das zu vermittelnde gewuenschte Weltbild der (westl.) Meinungsmacher passt.

Du koenntest dich ja auch Fragen warum die ganze westliche Welt so besorgt ist wegen den 10% Auslandschulden die Sri Lanka bei den Chinesen hat...aber die anderen 90% bei z.B. den Japanern, oder seit 1965 beim IWF (mit einem Rattenschwanz ans Bedingungen) aufgelaufenen Kreditpakete bleiben aussen vor.

Zur Gesamtstory gehoert ja auch dass Sri Lanka - nachdem der Hafen schon an die Chinesen geleast wurde(!!) - es vorgezogen hat ein Rettungspaket des IMF auszuschlagen und stattdessen die Chinesen um eine weitere Kreditlinie bat.

Dies wird wohl dem Westen, bzw dem IWF aus diversesten Gruenden unangenehm aufstossen - ergo die negative Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit.

Kurzum...die Chinesen sind keine Samariter - allerdings scheinen sie im grossen Bild fuer Sri Lanka gegenueber Kreditlinien westlicher Laender (Japan, etc) bzw IWF das geringere Uebel zu sein.

Duerfte daher auch verstaendlich sein warum dann westliche Medien dieses Detail gerne aussen vor lassen

Why are some people blaming China?

Many believe Sri Lanka’s economic relations with China are a main driver behind the crisis. The United States has called this phenomenon “debt-trap diplomacy.” This is where a creditor country or institution lends to a borrowing nation to increase the lender’s political leverage. If the borrower extends itself and cannot pay the money back, it is at the creditor’s mercy.

However, loans from China accounted for only about 10% of Sri Lanka’s total foreign debt in 2020. The largest portion – about 30% – can be attributed to international sovereign bonds. Japan actually accounts for a higher proportion of its foreign debt, at 11%.
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Defaults over China’s infrastructure-related loans to Sri Lanka, especially the financing of the Hambantota port, are being cited as factors contributing to the crisis.
But these facts don’t add up. The construction of the Hambantota port was financed by the Chinese Exim Bank. The port was running losses, so Sri Lanka leased out the port for 99 years to the Chinese Merchant’s Group, which paid Sri Lanka US$1.12 billion.
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So what are the real reasons for the crisis?

Post-independence from the British in 1948 (...........)
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Any decline in exports would come as an economic shock, and put foreign exchange reserves under strain.

For this reason, Sri Lanka frequently encountered balance of payments crises. From 1965 onwards, it obtained 16 loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Each of those loans came with conditions including that once Sri Lanka received the loan it had to reduce its budget deficit, maintain a tight monetary policy, cut government subsidies for food for the people of Sri Lanka
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https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/when-will-...ver-learn/

Sri Lanka says no to IMF bailout, seeks new China loan

AFP: Sri Lanka ruled out an IMF bailout on Wednesday and said it plans to seek another loan from China to address an economic crisis that has led to food and fuel shortages.

The island's tourism-dependent economy has been battered by the pandemic, with supermarkets rationing goods and rolling blackouts imposed by power utilities unable to fund oil imports.

International rating agencies have warned of a looming sovereign default on Sri Lanka's $ 35 billion foreign debt as the Treasury battles a crunch on foreign exchange reserves and a gaping budget deficit.

But Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal rejected mounting calls from local and international economists to seek an International Monetary Fund bailout and debt restructure.

“The IMF is not a magic wand,” he told a news conference in Colombo. “At this point, the other alternatives are better than going to the IMF.” Cabraal added that talks with China over a new loan were at an “advanced stage,” and a fresh agreement would service existing debt to Beijing.

“They would assist us in making the repayments... the new loan coming from China is in order to cushion our debt repayments to China itself,” he said.
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https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Sri-Lanka-s.../44-729128