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Xi congratulates Sri Lanka's new president Wickremesinghe, looks forward t
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): China, which turned a blind eye to Sri Lanka while it struggled with the economic and political crisis, is now looking forward to advancing bilateral ties and traditional friendship between the two countries, as evident from President Xi Jinping's congratu
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China's 'deceitful' currency swap with Sri Lanka worth USD 1.5 billion
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka is reeling under a severe economic crisis and one of the reasons for it was the "deceitful" Chinese currency swap with Sri Lanka worth USD 1.5 billion.
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Sri Lankan economy may take time to revive, vicious trap called 'Chinese L
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 23 (ANI): The failure of Sri Lanka's economy due to faulty economic planning bore fruit for China's strategic ties as the island nation is caught in a vicious cycle of Chinese loans.
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Sri Lanka: Outrage after China distributes dry rations to foreign service
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 18 (ANI): Amid a shortage of essentials in Sri Lanka due to a severe economic crisis, food rations distributed by China have sparked outrage among the Foreign Service Officers' Association (FSOA) of the country.
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China again looking to trap Sri Lanka by offering more loans
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 7 (ANI): At the time when Sri lanka is struggling for its worst econimc crisis due to the huge Chinese loan debt, Beijing has once trying to entrap the Island nation by offering more loans and so-called aid to the country, according to media report.
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China's inadequate response to unprecedented crisis disappoints Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 28 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last week told Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa that Beijing is ready to play a constructive role in the island nation's socio-economic development and it empathizes with Sri Lanka for the difficulties and challenges
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China's 'strategic-trap diplomacy' set off Sri Lankan economic crisis: Rep
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 27 (ANI): While economists largely concur that China's debt-trap diplomacy set off Sri Lankan economic crisis, geopolitical analysts believe that the island nation fell victim to a far more dangerous form of foreign policy, that is a 'strategic-trap diplomacy', sai
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Chinese high-cost loans prime culprit for Lankan economic woes
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's current economic crisis does not seem to slow down due to its major dependence on Chinese loans as well as its inability to repay debt amid a state of emergency and intense protests in the island nation.
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China turns its back on Sri Lanka economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 23 (ANI): China refused to assist Sri Lanka which appealed to reschedule its huge Chinese debt burden in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak that has adversely affected the tourism sector, said a media report.
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Chinese company funds TikTok account for Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 5 months 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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China-backed Colombo port city under scanner over row on visiting charges
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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Sri Lanka struggles to repay loans, China's 'debt trap' for developing cou
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 17 (ANI): China's loans to Sri Lanka have been a contentious subject, with fears that the government would struggle to repay them and that Beijing would use them to challenge India and US influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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