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"Tale of two ships – How Delhi is asserting Indianness of the Indian Ocean to China" theprint.in/opinion/global…
"Tale of two ships – How Delhi is asserting Indianness of the Indian Ocean to China" theprint.in/opinion/global…
" India has welcomed a US ship to its port, while it continues to spend large amounts of money buying Russian oil, and is at the same time telling the Chinese, via Sri Lanka, that it will not hesitate to assert the “Indianness” of the Indian Ocean."
"Beijing is furious. It is not used to being told off, especially by tiny states such as Sri Lanka.
The Chinese foreign ministry declared India’s opposition to its ship visit to Hambantota as “senseless” & said it should not “disturb normal exchanges” between two nations."
The Chinese foreign ministry declared India’s opposition to its ship visit to Hambantota as “senseless” & said it should not “disturb normal exchanges” between two nations."
"While India was doing all it could to help ease Sri Lanka’s economic emergency and reach out to all sides on the political front, China took its time to even send the first tranche of aid."
"Worse, China rejected a Sri Lankan request in February to reschedule the $5 billion Colombo owes Beijing; instead, China offered refinancing, a new $1 billion loan to repay part of Sri Lanka’s debt."
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