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China's Lankan port plans raise red flags

Top French Navy officer says Beijing may use facility for both civilian and military purposes.

10 Dec 2019 5:15 AM IST

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka, which was built with Chinese collaboration as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Will the Chinese Belt and Road change the geopolitical game?

The Belt and Road is more a concept than a legal or economic blueprint signed and sealed by its conceptualisers,...

22 Feb 2019 2:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (PTI)

Sri Lanka will adopt 'India first approach': Foreign Secretary...

Commenting on the Chinese investment in Hambantota port, Foreign Secretary Colombage said Sri Lanka had offered it to...

26 Aug 2020 7:11 PM IST

New Delhi also denied baseless and speculative reports in a section of the Sri Lankan media about interference on its part in the polls. (Bloomberg)

AA Edit | Crisis-hit Sri Lanka sends confusing signals to India

Lanka's role in strategic China-Pakistan-Lanka axis while seeking aid from India leads to suspicion over whether it is...

17 Aug 2022 12:06 AM IST

Chinese Spy Ship Yuan Wang 5, which was scheduled to berth in the Hambantota port (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Diplomatic win for India

President Ranil Wickremasinghe may have seen the logic behind India's security concerns when it came to allowing a spy...

8 Aug 2022 12:28 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Sri Lanka limits China's role to pacify India

Beijing has the potential to exploit the situation and steamroller its way in dealing with Colombo through a mix of...

27 July 2017 5:42 AM IST