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Dredging of Tissa Wewa tank by Chinese men in Sri Lanka
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03 Jul 2021, 13:55 GMT+10
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 3 (ANI): A controversy erupted over the dredging of an ancient irrigation tank Tissa Wewa in Tissamaharama in Hambantota District in Sri Lanka after media reports showed Chinese men clad in military camouflage outfits at the site.
Hambantota, a maritime inland port project in Hambantota District has been an area of focus for critics who have accused China of using dept-trap diplomacy to boost its geopolitical influence around the world. Colombo had to hand over the running of the Hambantota port to China in 2017 after it was unable to repay the Chinese loans used to develop it.
Row over dredging of ancient irrigation tank Sri Lanka by military camouflage-clad Chinese men ANI | Updated: Jul 03, 2021 09:01 IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 3 (ANI): A controversy erupted over the dredging of an ancient irrigation tank Tissa Wewa in Tissamaharama in Hambantota District in Sri Lanka after media reports showed Chinese men clad in military camouflage outfits at the site.
Hambantota, a maritime inland port project in Hambantota District has been an area of focus for critics who have accused China of using dept-trap diplomacy to boost its geopolitical influence around the world. Colombo had to hand over the running of the Hambantota port to China in 2017 after it was unable to repay the Chinese loans used to develop it.
An interview with Professor Umberto Albarella on the closure of the University of Sheffield’s Archaeology department
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Describing his role, Professor Albarella said, “I am a zoo archaeologist, a person that studies the past relationship between animals and humans and of course, being an archaeologist, I study the material remains of the past which is what all archaeologists do.”
Professor Umberto Albarella
Albarella has been with the University of Sheffield for 17 years, staying because “the university is supposed to serve its community and also it is very much embedded in the city, and it is supposed to open its doors to people coming from all sorts of backgrounds and I liked that approach.”
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