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China, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Chinese influence never left Sri Lanka

by Bahauddin Foizee February 11, 2020February 18, 2020

Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s victory in last November’s Sri Lankan presidential election resulted in many predictions that China would make a comeback in the island nation. But the reality is that China never left Sri Lanka in the first place. Although pro-China president Mahinda Rajakpaksha was defeated in the 2015 election by Maithripala Sirisena, who promised to […]

Belt and Road Initiative. Illustration: iStock

Beijing, Belt and Road, China

China’s quest for soft power

by Navin Subedi June 26, 2019February 18, 2020

Two J-15 fighter jets of the PLA Navy prepare to take off from China's aircraft carrier, The Liaoning, during an exercise. Photo: AFP

China, India, South Asia

Implications for India of China’s presence in Indo-Pacific region

by Swaran Singh January 21, 2019

The port facility at Hambantota on February 10, 2015. Sri Lanka's government is mulling the future of a string of white elephants. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Concern grows in India over Sri Lankan constitutional crisis

by Bertil Lintner November 7, 2018February 18, 2020

The Sinamale Bridge, formerly known as the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, was built with funding from China in the Maldives capital Male. But former president Abdulla Yameen was beaten in an election last month that was a fight for influence between India and China. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Tighter belts and shorter roads plague China’s BRI projects

by Chris Taylor October 17, 2018February 18, 2020

An aerial view of the port and commercial harbor in the northeastern Italian city of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea. This shot was taken in Oct 2017. Photo: AFP / Alberto Pizzoli

AT Finance, Beijing, Chengdu, China, European Union, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, World

Trieste aims to be China’s main port in Europe

by Emanuele Scimia October 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

China’s base in Sri Lanka part of its dominant Indian Ocean presence

by Prakash Katoch August 6, 2018

In this file photo taken on June 6, 2012, the Asian Sun car shipping carrier (right) and and carrier Frisia are pictured at the main berth of Sri Lanka's Chinese-built Hambantota Port. Sri Lanka will move its southern naval command to a port leased to a state-run Chinese firm but China will not use it for military purposes, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Office said on June 30, 2018. Photo: AFP / Ishara S Kodikara

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sirisena does a Rajapaksa, changes stand on Chinese investments

by Gunjan Singh July 30, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hand with Seychelles President Danny Faure after presenting a model of Dornier aircraft during a joint press statement at Hyderabad house in New Delhi on June 25, 2018. India will be handing over a Dornier aircraft to Seychelles on June 26. / AFP PHOTO / MONEY SHARMA

China, India, Maldives, Pakistan, South Asia, World

After Seychelles faux pas, India must learn from China

by Prakash Katoch July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

China still needs to concentrate on debt problems. Illustration: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Laos, Maldives, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China’s ‘debt-book diplomacy’ comes under fire

by Gordon Watts May 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi

Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka

China gets its port in the Indian Ocean

by Asia Unhedged July 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lanka eyes China free-trade deal, PM to visit Beijing

by Reuters February 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Excavators work on land reclamation at "Colombo Port City" construction site, which is backed by Chinese investment, in Colombo. Photo: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

India’s ‘hush-hush’ assets face a Chinese privacy invasion

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 1, 2016November 1, 2016

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