By Kapila Bandara in The Sunday Times, Apr 30, 2023Sri Lanka has granted sole and exclusive rights to the Chinese state enterprise China Merchants Port Holdings Company for a logistics centre in the Port of Colombo for 50 years. The public-private venture on build, operate, and transfer (BOT) terms, involves Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), and civil engineers Access Engineering Plc as minority shareholders. SLPA is not allowed under the BOT agreement, “to grant any…
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By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Apr 26, 2023 The Indo-Pacific Defense Forum is published by the US Indo-Pacific Command, in line with overall US strategy. In its latest issue (Volume 47, Issue 04, 2022), it dealt with current Chinese strategies. Interestingly, reference was made to Chinese Admiral Zheng He’s voyages to Sri Lanka. Zheng He’s first visit took place in 1405. The Chinese fleet arrived in Sri Lanka exactly 100 years before the Portuguese,…
By Kasun Warakapitiya in The Sunday Times, Apr 23, 2023Sri Lanka wants to verify details of a Chinese ‘animal breeding’ company which had sought to obtain 100,000 toque macaques reportedly for zoos in China. The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka has been asked to provide complete details of the company, the secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Gunadasa Samarasinghe told the Sunday Times. Environmentalists have severely criticised the unsolicited proposal for endemic monkeys of Sri…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Apr 19, 2023Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday reiterated his hope that the Rohingyas will start returning to their place of origin in Myanmar acknowledging that he had a discussion on the issue with the Chinese side recently. “Yes, we had a courtesy meeting (with a Chinese special envoy). Surely, there was a discussion on the Rohingya repatriation. We hope they will return to their homes with dignity,” Momen…
report in Global Times, Apr 15, 2023Chinese experts and officials hit back at remarks from Western-backed lenders made during a meeting that China is a major creditor to emerging markets and should do more in helping debt relief. China is willing to implement the common framework for debt disposal with other countries, China’s central bank governor Yi Gang said during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings, according to a statement released…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 14, 2023The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Thursday that a Chinese Company, Gochin expressed its interest in investing $10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium deposits. According to the statement, the acting minister for mine and Petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar, met with the Chinses company representatives in Kabul. The statement said the investment would create 120,000 direct and a million indirect jobs in the country. Meanwhile,…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 06, 2023Foreign Secretary of Nepal Bharat Raj Paudyal called on Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on Thursday. A press release issued by the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing following the meeting stated that the two sides discussed the matters related to strengthening the bilateral relations and cooperation between the two nations. “During the meeting, matters related to strengthening the longstanding…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, April 05,2023Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal is Beijing-bound as the head of the Nepali delegation to the 15th meeting of the Bilateral Diplomatic Consultation Mechanism. At the meeting scheduled for Friday, Paudyal and Sun Weidong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, will lead their respective delegations. According to Nepali officials, although China has been pushing hard for Nepal’s support for the Global Security Initiative…
report in adaderana.lk, Apr 1, 2023 at 11:50 pmSri Lanka Police have arrested 28 Chinese nationals who were involved in online financial fraud. Among the suspects were five Chinese women. The police found five laptops, and several smartphones on the suspects at the time of the arrest. After being informed by the INTERPOL about the group of scammers, local law enforcement authorities swung into action and apprehended the suspects who were staying at a tourist…
report in adaderana.lk, Apr 1, 2023 at 11:50 pmSri Lanka Police have arrested 28 Chinese nationals who were involved in online financial fraud. Among the suspects were five Chinese women. The police found five laptops, and several smartphones on the suspects at the time of the arrest. After being informed by the INTERPOL about the group of scammers, local law enforcement authorities swung into action and apprehended the suspects who were staying at a tourist…
by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 1, 2023Three years after arresting 122 Chinese nationals from different parts of Kathmandu for their suspicious activities, police on Tuesday nabbed nine Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in online fraud. Police also arrested 10 Nepalis who were allegedly helping them in the business. Police say this time they have ‘strong evidence’ to file an online fraud case. “Earlier, the police would be short of evidence as…