Sri Lankan president to name pro-China brother prime minister

Rajapaksa clan's return to power provides boost for Beijing

AKIRA HAYAKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

MUMBAI -- Sri Lanka's new president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is preparing to appoint his older brother Mahinda as prime minister after the incumbent leader resigns from the post on Thursday.

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