Analysis of Sri Lankan President's balancing act between China and India, with focus on strategic influence and investments.

President Dissanayake sat across the table from President Xi, looked him in the eye, and in his second reference within seconds (he’d got it right in his first) called the People’s Republic of China ...

As Sri Lankan President Dissanayake meets Xi Jinping in Beijing, a look at China’s economic grip on Sri Lanka’s economic ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, speaks with Sri Lankan ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is on a four-day visit to China. On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, Dissanayake ...

For years, China has been trying to expand its influence in Sri Lanka, an island off India's southeast coast that the government in New Delhi considers part of its strategic backyard. Dissanayake ...

The new deals ‘signal a deepening of China’s influence in Sri Lanka’ and revive concerns of a debt trap, analysts say.

The visit, the first one to China by President Dissanayake since taking office, is of great significance to the development ...

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met Chinese leader Xi Jinping, seeking support to address Sri Lankas severe ...

Hot on the heels of signing an agreement with China’s Sinopec for an oil refinery in Hambantota, the government is planning ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake embarks on a four-day visit to China to strengthen bilateral relations and ...

one month after Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made India his first overseas trip since winning election last September. The support of the two regional powerhouses — and rivals ...