{"id":255942,"date":"2023-08-12T20:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=255942"},"modified":"2023-08-12T20:46:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T15:16:34","slug":"chinese-military-ship-docks-at-colombo-port-for-a-formal-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chinese-military-ship-docks-at-colombo-port-for-a-formal-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese military ship docks at Colombo Port for a \u2018formal\u2019 visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cChinese military ship docks at Colombo Port for a \u2018formal\u2019 visit\u201d\u00a0 <\/b>published in <\/span>The Hindu on 12th August 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

A Chinese warship, the Hai Yang 24 Hao, has arrived in Sri Lanka and will be docked at the Colombo Port.<\/span><\/p>\n

This visit comes <\/span>after India-Sri Lanka ties had witnessed tensions in the wake of the Chinese warship\u2019s visit to Hambantota Port in 2022. India and the U.S had voiced concern over the ship\u2019s visit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is India concerned with the Chinese Ship in Sri Lanka?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Firstly,<\/b> Chinese Ship in Sri Lanka<\/span> means that several ports in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh could be on China\u2019s radar. Reports have claimed that several vital installations in South India could be under threat of being snooped upon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly, <\/b>Chinese ship in the Colombo Port fits right into China\u2019s \u2018string of pearls\u2019 strategy to surround India in the Indian Ocean through increasing land and maritime footprint.<\/span><\/p>\n

What has been China\u2019s response to India\u2019s concerns?<\/b><\/h2>\n

China had reacted strongly following concerns voiced by India. It has said that\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly, <\/b>Sri Lanka is a transportation hub in the Indian Ocean. Scientific research vessels from various countries including China have made port calls in Sri Lanka for replenishment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second<\/b>, Sri Lanka is a sovereign country. It has the right to develop relations with other countries based on its development interests. To have normal cooperation is the independent choice made by our two countries. It serves the shared interests of both sides and does not target any third party.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cChinese military ship docks at Colombo Port for a \u2018formal\u2019 visit\u201d\u00a0 published in The Hindu on 12th August 2023. What is the News? A Chinese warship, the Hai Yang 24 Hao, has arrived in Sri Lanka and will be docked at the Colombo Port. This visit comes… Continue reading Chinese military ship docks at Colombo Port for a \u2018formal\u2019 visit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-255942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":4,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698094118},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}