BYD car discounts show China’s EV price war is getting worseChina's car market faces fierce price competition. BYD and rivals are increasing discounts despite government calls to stop. This intense r...
Navy plans to stop Chinese spy ship from entering India's exclusive economic zoneThough it is a known fact that the Yuan Wang-6 is a spy ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), sent to the Indian Ocean Region t...
Docking of Chinese ship in Lanka serves as warning sign for what may follow nextEssentially, it conveys that China can weaponise its financial debt among South Asian countries against India, thus creating a significant ...
Chinese research ship on 'mission of peace and friendship' to Sri Lanka; to boost bilateral space, S&T exchanges: CaptainChinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship 'Yuan Wang 5' is berthed at Sri Lanka's strategic southern port of Hambantota. The sh...
Yuan Wang Docks in Lanka; will switch off key systemsChinese military survey ship Yuan Wang 5 docked at Hambantota port on Tuesday. Though Lanka's financial needs may have shaped its decision,...
Chinese spy vessel Yuan Wang 5 arrives in Sri Lanka's Hambantota PortDesignated as a research and survey vessel, Yuan Wang 5 was built in 2007 and has a carrying capacity of 11,000 tonnes.
Chinese military survey ship docks at Sri Lanka portThe ship has been a bone of contention between India and China, two of Sri Lanka's biggest benefactors in its current economic crisis. Indi...
Sri Lanka allows docking of Chinese research ship at Hambantota port from August 16-22The Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship, 'Yuan Wang 5', was earlier scheduled to arrive on Thursday and remain at the por...
Sri Lanka allows controversial Chinese ship Yuan Wang 5 to visit port despite India's concernsNew Delhi is suspicious of Beijing's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and influence in Sri Lanka, seeing both as being firmly within...
Chinese research ship won't dock at Hambantota Port as scheduled, say Sri Lankan authoritiesLast week, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry had asked Beijing to defer the arrival of 'Yuan Wang 5', which was scheduled to dock at the Hamb...
Yuan Wang 5 standoff: Sri Lanka's IMF process may be under threatThe worrying part is that China may link Sri Lanka's message to defer the Yuan Wang 5's 'refueling stop' at Hambantota with the IMF approva...
Opposition to spy vessel Yuan Wang 5's docking in Colombo senseless: ChinaSri Lanka being a sovereign state was free to "develop relations with other countries in the light of its own development interests. The co...
After pressure from India, Sri Lanka urges China to defer entry of Chinese 'spy' shipIn a letter to the Chinese Embassy in Colombo, the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka stated, "The Ministry wishes to request that the arrival d...
South Indian ports, infra may come on radar of Chinese 'Yuan Wang 5'The aerial reach of the ship is more than 750 km and that would indirectly mean that Kalpakkam, Koodankulam, and the atomic research centre...
China defends military ship's planned visit to India's neighbour Sri LankaIndia worries that the Chinese-built and leased port of Hambantota will be used by China as a military base in India's backyard. The $1.5 b...
Chinese spy vessel's expected Sri Lanka entry keeps India on its toesWhat has raised eyebrows here is the timing of the docking of the vessel at the port built by China, probably taking advantage of the polit...
China: Brokerage firm fines chief USD 160,000 for criticising ICBCChinese brokerage has fined its chairman two months pay - nearly one million yuan - after he publicly blasted nation's largest bank ICBC.