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China is lending Sri Lanka about $200 million to build a second international airport. The new airport is being built near the vast new seaport being built with mostly chinese money also. China is financing a growing number of such projects in Sri Lanka, which some see as an attempt to undermine Indian influence in the region. the two countries are trying to get many contracts in Sri Lanka following more than 20 years of civil war. The Sri Lanken government said that china was supplying more than half of the loans they were reciving. Work has already started on the new airport.The projects Beijing is financing include a host of road improvements in the formerly war-torn north, a huge theatre in the capital and coal power plants.They are built by Chinese contractors and use large numbers of Chinese workers. Analysts in Sri Lanka say there is some unhappiness among Sri Lankan companies and workers who feel they are missing out. They say Chinese interest rates are higher than those levied by Japan or the Asian Development Bank - but that Chinese projects happen more quickly and with fewer advance studies. The government, however, says China is simply offering the best terms.

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The article from SLNF (Sri Lanka News First) had a lot shorter article and therefore was not very informative. It also said that SriLanka was getting $410 million from China. The BBC article was much more informative thatn the SLNF article and therefore, in my opinion, was a much better article.

I think that it is a good idea for China and India to help rebuild Sri Lanka after a 30 year civil war. However it seems to me that they are fighting about how much each other gives and I don't think it would be good if they got into a war about this. I stil think that it is very nice of Chian and India though.