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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s State visit to China was the talk in many political circles last week as battle lines emerged between the ruling Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) and the major ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is visiting China to strengthen bilateral relations and discuss mutual ...

During his visit to China from January 14-17, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured several agreements, ...

Sri Lanka has secured “one of its largest FDIs”, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced after signing a $3.7 ...

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 ...