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Chinese Commerce Minister Visits South Asia

Wang Wentao, China’s Minister of Commerce led a large business delegation to Sri Lanka. Speaking at the Sri Lanka-China Trade and Investment Forum in Colombo during the weekend, Wang promoted a three-pronged strategy to strengthen ties: increased trade, expanded industrial investment and strengthening global multilateralism in ...

Sri Lanka Vows Closer Ties With China and India’s Left

Sri Lanka's government pledged closer ties on Thursday with Communist parties in China and India, two regional powers competing for influence in the small but strategically important nation. The leftist government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held its first May Day ...

Sri Lanka Vows Closer Ties With China and India’s Left

Sri Lanka's government pledged closer ties on Thursday with Communist parties in China and India, two regional powers competing for influence in the small but strategically important nation. The leftist government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held its first May Day ...

Sri Lanka Vows Closer Ties With China and India’s Left

Sri Lanka's government pledged closer ties on Thursday with Communist parties in China and India, two regional powers competing for influence in the small but strategically important nation. The leftist government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held its first May Day ...

India’s Modi Clinches Defense, Energy Deals in Sri Lanka

By Amal Jaysinghe India secured defense and energy deals with neighboring Sri Lanka on Saturday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, seen as a move to counter rival China's growing influence in the region. Sri ...

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China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.

The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked to ...

China, Sri Lanka to Fast-Track Hambantota Refinery

China’s state-owned oil company Sinopec signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to accelerate the building of a $3.7 billion oil refinery in the port city of Hambantota. The agreement includes fast-tracking unresolved issues around water access, land allocation, and taxes. The deal will be the largest single ...

Sri Lanka Signs Landmark $3.7 Billion Deal With Chinese State Oil Giant

Sri Lanka has secured its biggest-ever foreign investment after signing a deal with Chinese state-run oil giant Sinopec, officials said on Thursday. Sinopec has agreed to invest $3.7 billion to construct a "state-of-the-art oil refinery" with a capacity of 200,000 barrels ...

XI Hails ‘Historical Opportunity’ for China-Sri Lanka Ties in Talks With President

Chinese leader Xi Jinping said relations between China and Sri Lanka faced a "historical opportunity" to foster ties, in talks with the island nation's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday. "China-Sri Lanka relations face a historical opportunity to build on the ...

Sri Lankan President to Meet With Xi During First Visit to China

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will kick off a four-day visit to China on Tuesday, his first there since coming to power last November. Dissanayake is scheduled to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and will likely hold talks with officials from the China Exim Bank, ...

Sri Lanka President To Visit China Ahead of Budget

Sri Lanka's president will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender, China, next week ahead of his first national budget, the information minister said Tuesday. The visit comes a month ahead of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's first budget, which is expected ...

Sri Lanka President to Visit Key Lender China

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender, China, for talks in January, he said on Saturday, days after completing a long-delayed foreign debt restructuring. China accounted for more than half of Sri Lanka's bilateral ...

Sri Lanka President in India in First Overseas Trip

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was in India Monday for his first overseas visit as head of state, vowing to bolster ties between the neighbors. Leaders of the island nation typically make their first visit to regional powerhouse India, which ...
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