
‘Unwelcome news’: should India be worried about Sri Lanka and China’s growing cooperation?
China’s record US$3.7 billion investment in a Sri Lankan oil refinery has sparked fresh security concerns in India, analysts say, as New Delhi sees the growing Chinese presence near its borders as a strategic threat. During Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to Beijing last week, where he held talks with his Chinese counterpart…