Category: Sri Lanka

CCP Confirms Its ‘Spy Ship’ Has Docked at Sri Lanka’s Port, After Objections From India

An official from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) foreign ministry on Tuesday confirmed that the regime’s satellite-tracking vessel has docked at Sri Lanka’s port for replenishment, following a delay after India objected to the ship’s arrival, citing security concerns. The research vessel, Yuan Wang 5, arrived at the Hambantota port on Tuesday morning and will…


Chinese ‘Spy Ship’ Arrives at Sri Lankan Port, Subject to Certain Conditions

A Chinese satellite-tracking vessel reportedly arrived at Sri Lanka’s  Hambantota port on Tuesday, according to a local news agency, after receiving approval from the island nation’s government to dock at the port under certain conditions. The Chinese vessel, Yuan Wang 5, was initially scheduled to dock in the port from Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 for…


Sri Lanka’s Ousted President Arrives in Thailand for Temporary Stay

BANGKOK—Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand on Thursday, according to three Reuters witnesses, as he seek temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests. Rajapaksa arrived at Bangkok’s Don Muang airport on a chartered flight from Singapore after the city-state’s immigration authority…


Sri Lanka Introduces Reform Bill to Clip Presidential Powers

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka’s justice minister submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Parliament on Wednesday that would clip the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters calling for political reforms and solutions to the country’s worst economic crisis. The action came as former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled protests last month, was reportedly…


Sri Lanka Ambient Drone Film | Simple Happiness Episode 22

Relax and let your worries be replaced by stunning aerial nature views from some of Sri Lanka’s most beautiful and iconic landscape locations, paired with a brand new meditation piano musical masterpiece. This video can be used to relax, sleep, meditate, do yoga, study, work, read, and more. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic…


Chinese Embassy Calls for Urgent Meeting With Sri Lanka After Vessel Entry Withdrawn: Report

The Chinese Embassy has reportedly called for an urgent meeting with Sri Lanka’s government after Colombo requested that the planned visit of a Chinese vessel be postponed following India voicing security concerns. Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry wrote to the Chinese Embassy on Aug. 5 requesting that China defer the arrival of its space and satellite tracking…


Pelosi Visit: ‘We Salute the Successes of Taiwan’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wraps up her historic visit to Taiwan—after a series of threats from Beijing. A Chinese company is eyeing a deep water port and airstrip in the Solomon Islands amid mounting concerns in the West about a potential Chinese military base just a thousand miles from Australia. India is on high alert….


Sri Lanka’s Troubles Raise Questions for China

Commentary Chaos and failure in Sri Lanka signal problems throughout the developing world that will make trouble for China. Loan losses in Sri Lanka and elsewhere will of course add to China’s increasingly severe debt overhang. Further, events in Sri Lanka will raise questions among others about participating in Beijing’s vaunted Belt and Road Initiative…


India Will Take ‘All Necessary Measures’ Against Chinese Vessel Bound for Sri Lanka: Official

India is on high alert over a Chinese ship en route to Sri Lanka’s Hambantota International Port, but Sri Lanka has claimed that the vessel will only be stopping for refueling. Sri Lanka granted clearance to the Chinese vessel weeks before newly-appointed President Ranil Wickremesinghe took office, according to The Sunday Times of Sri Lanka….


Sri Lanka’s Tragic Tale of ‘Going Green’

Commentary The story of Sri Lanka’s demise into chaos, poverty, and lawlessness is tragic—but another warning sign of what happens when leftist ideas take hold. If you haven’t been following the day-to-day crisis on the streets of Sri Lanka—an Asian nation that was not long ago a thriving middle-class country with wealth and commerce—the country’s…