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This article just ignores non Chinese debt though? Which form the larger share in Pakistan.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_Pakistan#:~:text=About%2015%25%20of%20the%20external,expected%20to%20provide%20additional%20support
And for Sri Lanka, China has offered relief which also led to the IMF also negotiating debt relief with Sri Lanka.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-reiterates-support-for-sri-lankas-debt-relief-ahead-of-crucial-imf-review/article67205470.ece
I agree with Zambia, the Chinese didn't play nicely there and acted quite hawkishly. But they did restructure the debt in June when western lenders agreed to do the same.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/zambia-reaches-watershed-deal-on-china-debt-2392593a
Also read.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/china-debt-trap-diplomacy/617953/&ved=2ahUKEwivnvGrx6CBAxXeSGwGHQvBAUsQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2qJ4QHCHowToj-iq2Irs9y
Also your article doesn't really talk about events that lead to the economies of Pakistan and Sri Lanka ( Countrywide floods and covid killing tourism respectively) crashing and implies that it's entirely china's fault. I think they are quite important when talking about dying economies.
Also would like to add that this still doesn't compare to European Colonialism.
Agreed. Wasn’t meaning to be exhaustive, just challenge a bit the china is good theme