During the speech competition segment, many contestants mentioned landmark projects of BRI in Sri Lanka, such as the Port City, Hambantota Port, and Lotus Tower, and Wijekoon was no exception. She said that these projects brought numerous job opportunities to Sri Lanka, so learning Chinese was ...
Sri Lanka opens first phase of Chinese-funded port expansionShihar AneezRanga Sirilal
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Sri Lanka Monday launched a China-funded port which will be the island's biggest and is intended to make Colombo a strategic shipping hub along the world's most lucrative trading route.
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka--A Chinese scientific research ship whose port call was earlier deferred due to apparent security concerns raised by India arrived Tuesday at a southern port in Sri Lanka. Yuan Wang 5 was welcomed by Sri Lankan port officials and Chinese officials from the ship company at...
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The Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka, a key project of China-Sri Lanka Belt and Road cooperation, is listed by Forbes magazine as one of the "Five New Cities to Shake Up the Future." PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated that the project would bring $9.7 billion in foreign direct investment to...
The port city was part of a deal reached between China and Sri Lanka under the former Sri Lankan government. However, the new government, which took office in January, had decided to re-examine it. Sirisena had vowed to reconsider deals between China and his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa, sa...
“We need more and more shipments and investment in the port and at the same time we would like to build a good industrial base in the surrounding area,” the ambassador said. “Therefore, we would like to ask the Chinese business community to come to Sri Lanka and to invest in surround...