CHINESE NAVY SHIP SPARKS DIPLOMATIC STANDOFF
Indian and U.S. officials have asked the bankrupt nation of Sri Lanka to rebuff China’s request to dock
The Chinese navy ship is reportedly unarmed. It’s probably cruising somewhere in the Indian Ocean. And no one is even sure where it will go.
But for the past week, a 730-foot-long Chinese satellite-tracking vessel has been the source of rising tensions and a symbol of the mounting geopolitical tug-of-war between India and the United States and China over Sri Lanka at a time when the economically devastated island nation is caught between major financial supporters.
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Indian and U.S. officials have asked the bankrupt nation of Sri Lanka to rebuff China’s request to dock
The Chinese navy ship is reportedly unarmed. It’s probably cruising somewhere in the Indian Ocean. And no one is even sure where it will go.
But for the past week, a 730-foot-long Chinese satellite-tracking vessel has been the source of rising tensions and a symbol of the mounting geopolitical tug-of-war between India and the United States and China over Sri Lanka at a time when the economically devastated island nation is caught between major financial supporters.
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https://www.washingtonpost...
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