China Maritime Silk Road Project

Sri Lanka is a key component of China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, with Hambantota Port and Colombo Port City as the two flagship projects of cooperation between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said.

China will align its maritime silk road project with Sri Lanka's development plans to enable the island nation to become a shipping hub in the Indian Ocean. The silk road is seen as a way of encircling India and controlling port access along sea lanes linking the energy-rich Persian Gulf and economic centers in eastern China.

China's state-run newspaper Global Times claimed today that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had "expressed support" for China's ambitious Maritime Silk Road plan, but his successor Narendra Modi "changed" India's "attitude" towards the initiative by using delaying tactics.

India is trying to use its strategic projects like 'Mausam' in the Indian Ocean as a bargaining chip to acquire "special position" in China's mega Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road initiatives, an influential state-run Chinese think-tank has claimed.

Ahead of this week's annual Defence Dialogue, China has expressed its readiness to work with India to link its ambitious Maritime Silk Route plans with India's 'Mausam' project in a bid to address New Delhi's strategic concerns and derive "common benefits".

Claiming success in its new phase of neighbourhood diplomacy, China today said progress has been made in its ambitious 'Silk Road' and 'Maritime Silk Road' projects.

Sri Lanka is a key component of China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, with Hambantota Port and Colombo Port City as the two flagship projects of cooperation between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said.

China will align its maritime silk road project with Sri Lanka's development plans to enable the island nation to become a shipping hub in the Indian Ocean. The silk road is seen as a way of encircling India and controlling port access along sea lanes linking the energy-rich Persian Gulf and economic centers in eastern China.

China's state-run newspaper Global Times claimed today that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had "expressed support" for China's ambitious Maritime Silk Road plan, but his successor Narendra Modi "changed" India's "attitude" towards the initiative by using delaying tactics.

India is trying to use its strategic projects like 'Mausam' in the Indian Ocean as a bargaining chip to acquire "special position" in China's mega Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road initiatives, an influential state-run Chinese think-tank has claimed.

Ahead of this week's annual Defence Dialogue, China has expressed its readiness to work with India to link its ambitious Maritime Silk Route plans with India's 'Mausam' project in a bid to address New Delhi's strategic concerns and derive "common benefits".

Claiming success in its new phase of neighbourhood diplomacy, China today said progress has been made in its ambitious 'Silk Road' and 'Maritime Silk Road' projects.