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This Jan. 2, 2018, file photo, a Chinese construction worker stands on land that was reclaimed from the Indian Ocean for the Colombo Port City project, initiated as part of China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. But Beijing's massive global infrastructure funding strategy is based on a "secretive overseas development finance program" that has saddled dozens of poor countries with nearly $400 billion worth of "hidden debt," a new study published in September 2021 warns. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

This Jan. 2, 2018, file photo, a Chinese construction worker stands on land that was reclaimed from the Indian Ocean for the Colombo Port City project, initiated as part of China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. But Beijing's massive global infrastructure funding strategy is based on a "secretive overseas development finance program" that has saddled dozens of poor countries with nearly $400 billion worth of "hidden debt," a new study published in September 2021 warns. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

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