Managing Director of China Merchants Port Holdings Dr, Bai Jingtao (L) signs as Sri Lanka's Minister of Ports & Shipping Mahinda Buddhadasa Samarasinghe (R) looks on during the Hambantota International Port Concession Agreement at a signing ceremony in Colombo on July 29, 2017. Sri Lanka entered into a billion-dollar deal with China on July 29 to revive a loss-making, but strategically-placed, harbour after addressing "geo-political" and security concerns, the ports minister announced.(AFP)