Overlapping spheres of influence: India and China in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s many harbors and its location amidst major shipping routes bestow strategic importance on the island nation and have also made it one of the many sites where India and China are competing for influence.

In an effort by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s government to increase cooperation with China, the country’s prime minister visited Beijing last week, the first visit to China since Sri Lanka’s current government was formed in January 2015.  

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