最值得注意的是，由于无法偿还其债务，去年12月斯里兰卡被迫将中国兴建的战略港口汉班托塔港以99年的殖民地租约形式转到中国手中。
Most notably, last December, Sri Lanka was compelled to transfer the Chinese-built strategic port of Hambantota to China on a 99-year, colonial-style lease, because it could longer afford its debt payments.