By securing Hambantota’s refinery, China extends ... and Strategic Risks Sri Lanka’s decision to pursue this refinery is a ...

Sri Lanka acts as a buffer in countering Chinese strategic encirclement through the Belt and Road Initiative and port ...

This project closely follows a pattern seen in 2017, when Sri Lanka, unable to repay Chinese loans, ceded control of the strategically vital Hambantota ... close proximity, China is effectively ...

India, UAE to Develop Sri ... with China, whose state energy firm Sinopec (600028.SS) has signed a deal to build a $3.2-billion oil refinery in Sri Lanka's southern port city of Hambantota.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Colombo for a three-day visit to enhance defense ties and deepen energy, trade, and ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated construction work on a solar plant in neighbouring Sri Lanka and ...

Shiran Illanperuma China’s rapid development over the last few decades has been the source of much debate among economists. Some claim China as the model par excellence of market liberalisation and ...

PM Narendra Modi is on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka where the two counties signed several crucial deals including defence pacts and Memorandun of Understandings. One of the important deals is an ...

Global Strategic Transformations Since the 16th century, global power has largely been concentrated in the West, driven by ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Indian ... of its strategic backyard. China has exerted influence in the country in recent years by including it in its Belt and Road global development program.

COLOMBO, Sri ... Lanka, which is located on one of the world’s busiest shipping routes in what India considers part of its ...