Sri Lanka backs China’s maritime ‘Silk Road’ plan

Published September 16, 2014 4:46pm ET



COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping won Sri Lanka’s support Tuesday for a proposed maritime “Silk Road” linking China with Europe, and helped launch billion-dollar power plant and port city projects funded by his government.

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