2022/07/21 |
China, India Vie for Influence in Sri Lanka Amid Economic Turmoil
Sri Lanka — with its strategic location at the crossroads of busy shipping routes — has become an arena of geopolitical rivalry and maritime competition between India and China.
2022/05/31 |
Why Young Protesters in Sri Lanka Are Wary of Traditional Politics
Sri Lanka is facing one of the worst economic crises in recent decades, triggering public anger and mass protests, which have fostered unity across ethnic and religious lines.
2022/02/10 |
China is a Threat to World’s Seas
The high seas should be the world’s commons, but China is turning them into a wild west to be plundered.
2018/02/01 |
China Is Planning a New Network of Indian Ocean Bases
China is attempting to expand its naval reach across another ocean.
2017/08/23 |
Alarm Bells Ringing over Thailand's Chinese-Funded Canal Plans
Some security analysts worry that the canal would solve China’s famous "Malacca Dilemma" by allowing its oil tankers to avoid the narrow, crowded and vulnerable Malacca Strait and even give the Chinese navy a new route into the Indian Ocean.
2017/05/25 |
China Hits Speed Wobbles Driving the Silk Road through Sri Lanka
'Beijing has already burnt itself in Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, where the public is becoming hostile to Chinese projects. Like a chain, the Belt and Road is as strong as its weakest link and public perceptions toward China can become an existential issue for Beijing’s ambitious initiative.'
2017/05/09 |
Sandmining is Destroying Asia’s Rivers
Uncontrolled and mostly illegal extraction of sand and rocks from riverbeds for construction is killing rivers across South Asia and China, and must be tightly controlled.
2017/01/13 |
Is China Colonizing Sri Lanka?
Sri Lankan protests over a new Chinese-led port development have turned ugly.