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Sri Lanka Seeks Chinese Aid to Rebuild After Deadly Cyclone
Sri Lanka asked China to help rebuild key infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, which killed at least 641 people and caused extensive damage, the island's foreign minister said on Monday. Vijitha Herath said he made the request during talks with his ...
China-Backed Free Trade Giant RCEP Mulls Expansion and Upgrade
China-backed trade platform in Asia, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), will return to the leaders’ level in October for the first time since 2020. Malaysia, the summit host, says the 15-economy pact will consider targeted upgrades and weigh applications ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Sweden to Host Pivotal U.S.–China Trade Talks
Weihai Yamar Outdoors Product Co., a Chinese maker of camping equipment, was among the 25 entities sanctioned by the UK government for abetting undocumented immigration. The company’s production of small inflatable boats put it on the list with people-smuggling gangs and individuals accused of facilitating the movement of ...
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 ...
TOPSHOT - A giant screen outside a shopping mall shows news coverage of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
In recent months, amid U.S. military interventions in Venezuela and Iran, questions about how China responds to threats facing its “allies” – if they can be described as such – have resurfaced with increasing frequency in policy circles worldwide, including across the Global South. This ...
How South Asian States Navigate Rivalries Between the U.S., China, and India
As debate intensifies over the unraveling of the U.S.-led international order, sparked by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s stark remarks at Davos, small states are being forced to rethink how they survive and advance in an increasingly fragmented global system.
Sri Lanka Seeks Chinese Aid to Rebuild After Deadly Cyclone
Sri Lanka asked China to help rebuild key infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, which killed at least 641 people and caused extensive damage, the island's foreign minister said on Monday. Vijitha Herath said he made the request during talks with his ...
China-Backed Free Trade Giant RCEP Mulls Expansion and Upgrade
China-backed trade platform in Asia, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), will return to the leaders’ level in October for the first time since 2020. Malaysia, the summit host, says the 15-economy pact will consider targeted upgrades and weigh applications ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Sweden to Host Pivotal U.S.–China Trade Talks
Weihai Yamar Outdoors Product Co., a Chinese maker of camping equipment, was among the 25 entities sanctioned by the UK government for abetting undocumented immigration. The company’s production of small inflatable boats put it on the list with people-smuggling gangs and individuals accused of facilitating the movement of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...