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Alarm bells in Sri Lanka over China's surveillance ship en route Hambantot
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 7 (ANI): Yuan Wang 5, the Chinese research and Survey vessel, en route to the Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka has sent alarm bells to Colombo as country's Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry said that China has informed of "sending ship for surveillance".
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Sri Lanka asks China to defer visit of spy ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Friday asked China to defer the visit of the spy ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota.
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Chinese research vessel to enter Sri Lanka's Hambantota port next week
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): A Chinese scientific research vessel has set sail for Sri Lanka's Hambantota port for a week-long stay. During this significant visit to the key Sri Lankan port, it could conduct satellite research in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean region, promp
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Laos default would give new momentum to China "debt trap" diplomacy
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], July 17 (ANI): Laos, a south-east Asian nation is on the edge of default after building a China-financed high-speed train, giving new momentum to 'debt trap' diplomacy criticism.
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Bangladesh protests as China attempts to steal credit for Padma Bridge
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 8 (ANI): In the run-up to the inauguration of the bridge over the river Padma, Bangladesh has protested vehemently against an attempt by China to steal credit for its construction.
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China gets flak for pushing Sri Lankan economy into 'debt-trap'
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 22 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces one of the worst economic crises, China has been widely criticized for pushing the Sri Lankan economy into its 'debt trap' and for predatory behaviour such as leasing out the port of Hambantota for 99 years.
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Sri Lankan leaders use Chinese money for personal benefit, say locals arou
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Amid one of the worst economic crises in Sri Lanka, locals around the country's Hambantota port blame the government for the situation the island nation is facing at present while saying that the leaders use the money they receive from China for the
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Chinese company funds TikTok account for Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): A Chinese company -- CITS Overseas Economic Cooperation Co Ltd-- is funding the TikTok account of the Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing.
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Future leadership in Sri Lanka may cancel all corrupt Chinese projects, sa
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 11 (ANI): Hambantota Port is a contentious issue between Sri Lanka and China and the future leadership in Sri Lanka could cancel all corrupt Chinese projects and deals.
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China-backed Colombo port city under scanner over row on visiting charges
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 8 (ANI): China-backed Colombo Port City has again come under the spotlight for wrong reasons after the authorities broke their promise and imposed variable charges on the people visiting the site.
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Chinese loans to other countries are predatory, opaque in nature: Report
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 21 (ANI): Chinese loans have surpassed lending by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund combined together. It has become the largest global overseas creditor accounting for close to 65 per cent of the world's official bilateral debt with outstanding forei
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Sri Lanka: China-bound ship carrying nuclear material sent out of Hambanto
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 22 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities expelled a China-bound cargo ship that entered the Port of Hambantota on Tuesday without revealing that it had stored radioactive uranium.
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