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The Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, met with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, this morning (12) for a session of bilateral discussions. The discussions focused primarily on reviewing Sri Lanka’s reconstruction…

The Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi has arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake early this morning (12) during a transit stop en route to China following an official visit to South Africa. Minister Wang…

A generator at the Norochcholai Power Plant, which had been temporarily shut down for maintenance, has been restored. However, the electricity generated by the unit has not yet been added to the national grid, and it is reported that…

Chinese President Xi Jinping will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on a state visit starting on Sunday, signalling Beijing’s intent to strengthen ties with Seoul amidst strained relations with Japan over Taiwan. The visit marks…

Bangladesh has slipped into a debt trap. The confirmation has come from none other than Chairman of the National Board of Revenue of Bangladesh M. Abdur Raman Khan. In a way, this is not a surprising development. Bangladesh has gone the…

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, the largest ever U.S. weapons package for the island which is under increasing military pressure from China. The Taiwan arms sale announcement is the…

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has expressed her appreciation for the timely assistance extended by the Government of China during Sri Lanka’s recent disaster response efforts. This was conveyed during an official meeting held…

Sri Lanka’s renewed engagement with China on a proposed fleet of electric buses arrives at a moment of both promise and peril. Beijing, eager to expand its development footprint on the island, has pitched the initiative as a natural…

The Global Peace Prayer festival held in Thimphu in Bhutan this November has exposed the limitations of the ambition of China to emerge as the leader of the Buddhist world. The main attraction of the festival was the exposition of the…

A delegation led by Yan Jizhun, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial People's Congress in China, met with the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources, and Marine Resources, Ramalingam Chandrasekara, yesterday.…