Sri Lanka crisis

China 'spy ship' docks in Sri Lanka, India gifts surveillance plane

Vessel's controversial visit exposes big powers' tug of war over bankrupt island

MUNZA MUSHTAQ, Contributing writer
August 16, 2022 12:42 JST

COLOMBO -- After weeks of controversy, the Chinese survey ship Yuan Wang 5 docked at Sri Lanka's southern Hambantota Port on Tuesday morning.

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