The rising prominence of the Indian Ocean worries the countries in it
The arrival of a Chinese ship in Sri Lanka raises hackles in India
On august 15th Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s president, travelled to the Katunayake air base near Colombo, the capital, to take delivery of a Dornier 228 maritime surveillance aircraft, a gift from India. The very next day, Yuan Wang 5, a Chinese surveillance ship, docked in the port of Hambantota, in the south, despite objections from India and America. Meanwhile, pns Taimur, a Chinese-built Pakistani frigate, called at the port of Colombo on August 12th.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Storm in a port”
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