Key Points
India's unease over what it views as unwanted presence of Chinese spy ships in its vicinity is back to haunt it again following an announcement by Sri Lanka...
The Sri Lankan foreign ministry said on October 29 that a Chinese vessel has been granted permission to carry out marine research off the island's west coast under supervision..
There was no immediate comment from either the Chinese or Indian diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka after Colombo granted limited approvals to Shi Yan 6...
Another Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang 5, which New Delhi views as a spy ship, had visited Sri Lanka in 2022..
It docked in Hambantota, a port in Sri Lanka's south under a 99-year lease to the Chinese company that built it after Colombo was unable to service a $1.4 billion loan taken for the project...
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