因此，我们是融资失败，在之前的投资者那里碰壁之后，才将目光转回中国。中国同意了，并提供了大量投资。当时，斯里兰卡经济形势很好，可以说是相当不错，我们是可以按期还款的。所以我个人认为，这种“债务陷阱”的说法，不过是夸大的不实宣传，必须将其与现实区分开来。

So it was after a failure, or after having been rebuffed by our traditional funders, that we turned to China. And China came along and provided us with the funding. And at that stage, the economy was in a very good shape, reasonably good shape, and we could have met the repayment requirements. So I personally think that this debt-trap narrative, it's hyped-up propaganda, and we need to steer away from propaganda and reality.