SRI LANKA
<strong>Chinese ship not welcome</strong>
Colombo has asked China to defer a planned visit of a Chinese survey ship to the island nation after an objection from India, a government source said yesterday. The Chinese research and survey vessel, Yuan Wang 5, was still on its way to Hambantota International Port. It is scheduled to arrive there on Thursday, Refinitiv shipping data showed. India worries that the Chinese-built and leased port of Hambantota will be used by China as a military base in India’s backyard. The US$1.5 billion port is near the main shipping route from Asia to Europe. India this
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