Chinese flag flutters over Sri Lankas Hambantota port

January 05, 2018 16:23

On the first day of the new year, the Chinese and Sri Lankan flags were hoisted to the same height over the Hambantota port in the Indian Ocean nation, reports Kinling Lo, in the South China Morning Post.

'It was the first time the Chinese flag had risen over the loss-making facility which Sri Lanka formally handed over to a Chinese state firm in a US$1.12 billion deal,' she reports, pointing out that 'the port deal is just one of a series of infrastructure forays China has made into Sri Lanka in a region usually regarded as India's backyard.'

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