Explore the behind-the-scenes strategies that enabled China to become a key player in Sri Lanka’s transformation.

In August 2022, the docking of the Chinese missile and satellite tracking ship 'Yuan Wang' at Hambantota port led to a diplomatic standoff between India and Sri Lanka. A year later, another Chinese ...

COLOMBO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Heightened global geopolitical uncertainties, particularly newly-announced U.S. tariffs and their spillover effects, could weigh on Sri ... Follow China.org.cn on ...

Indian experts and diplomats see Modi's visit as a move to counter China's expanding presence and influence in South Asia. "Modi's visit to Sri Lanka is a vivid demonstrator of India’s ...

A batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrives at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Aug 28, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] The friendship between the island country of Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the South Asian island nation had signed an agreement with Chinese state energy giant Sinopec to fast-track a proposed $3.7 billion oil refinery ...

The route taken by President Anura Kumara Disanayake was elegantly decorated on both sides with the national flags of both nations ... aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation between Sri Lanka ...

A man waves the Sri Lankan national flag near the Presidential secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 17. Image: Arun Sankar/AFP China has provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs 30 million ...

The 43-year-old woman from Guangzhou, capital city of southern China’s Guangdong province, set off alone for Sri Lanka’s capital city 10 years ago to expand her family’s gems business.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...