China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, wrote that Sri Lanka was 'unreasonably' pressured to cancel the docking permit of a Chinese ship. India has said that the importance given by China to the ship was indicative of its intentions.
After Beijing’s envoy to Colombo accused New Delhi of trampling on the sovereignty and independence of Sri Lanka, India hit back on Saturday, not-so-subtly blaming China’s debt-trap diplomacy for the Indian Ocean nation’s economic crisis. “Opaqueness and debt driven agendas are now a major challenge, especially for smaller nations. Recent developments are a caution,” the High