Essentially, it conveys that China can weaponise its financial debt among South Asian countries against India, thus creating a significant ...

Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship 'Yuan Wang 5' is berthed at Sri Lanka's strategic southern port of Hambantota. The sh...

China is Sri Lanka's biggest bilateral creditor, owning over 10 percent of the island's foreign debt. Beijing's support is essential for Co...

Chinese military survey ship Yuan Wang 5 docked at Hambantota port on Tuesday. Though Lanka's financial needs may have shaped its decision,...

Sri Lanka had asked China to defer the visit amid India's concerns over it. On Saturday, Colombo granted the port access to the vessel from...

The succeeding government of Ranil Wickremesignhe is not in a position to overturn the decision given the fact that Colombo requires financ...

The aerial reach of the ship is more than 750 km and that would indirectly mean that Kalpakkam, Koodankulam, and the atomic research centre...

New Delhi worries that the Chinese-built and leased Hambantota port will be used by China as a military base in India's backyard. The $1.5 ...

What 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...

SLPA had this week signed an agreement with India's Adani Group to build a new terminal next to a Chinese-run jetty at the Colombo port. "T...

Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told the media here that Beijing has an "open attitude" regarding India's investments in the island ...

While China wanted to build houses made of concrete in the conflict-ravaged area, the locals want homes made of bricks in the traditional f...

Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also made it clear that India's relations with Sri Lanka "stand on its own and is not dependent on our ...

The 8-year-old Hambantota port, with almost no container traffic, has become a prime example of what can go wrong for countries involved in...

China is investing in various infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka which has signed the Beijing's ambitious "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR) ini...

Sri Lanka owed China US 8 billion then finance minister Ravi Karunanayake had said last year.

Ironically Rajapaksa who procured about $7 billion for Hambantota and other projects opposed the handing over of the port and land to Chine...