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China Finds a Use for Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port
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China Finds a Use for Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port

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Aug 02, 2018
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New Delhi is increasingly jittery about Colombo's expanding synergy with Beijing in developing Sri Lanka’s ports and infrastructure, especially the sensitive Hambantota port, which may not be the white elephant that it has been described, at least from China’s perspective.

The port, located at the southern extremity of the country, overlooks South Asia’s…

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