Lanka’s role in strategic China-Pakistan-Lanka axis while seeking aid from India leads to suspicion over whether it is playing clever games
17 Aug 2022 12:06 AM
President Ranil Wickremasinghe may have seen the logic behind India’s security concerns when it came to allowing a spy ship close to India
08 Aug 2022 12:28 AM
Commenting on the Chinese investment in Hambantota port, Foreign Secretary Colombage said Sri Lanka had offered it to India first
26 Aug 2020 7:11 PM
Top French Navy officer says Beijing may use facility for both civilian and military purposes.
10 Dec 2019 5:15 AM
The Belt and Road is more a concept than a legal or economic blueprint signed and sealed by its conceptualisers, according to the author.
22 Feb 2019 2:01 AM
Beijing has the potential to exploit the situation and steamroller its way in dealing with Colombo through a mix of carrot and stick.
27 Jul 2017 5:42 AM