08/16/2011
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AFP, Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced it had clinched its largest ever single foreign investment deal by signing a $500-million contract with a Chinese-led consortium to build a new container terminal.
08/13/2011
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The Hindu
President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka early on Saturday morning after a successful visit to China where he met a host of leaders, including the Chinese President Hu Jintao and the Premier Wen Jiabao.
08/11/2011
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Xinhua
BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse met on Thursday, pledging to enhance the two countries' cooperation.
08/09/2011
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Reuters
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday started a four-day state visit to China, with support against a Western war crimes push and deeper economic ties on his agenda.Here
07/10/2011
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Colombo Page
The Chinese government has become the top most aid provider to Sri Lanka this year with a total aid commitment of US$ 759.8 million during the period of January to end of April 2011, according to a recently released report by the Finance and Planning Ministry.
07/07/2011
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Times of India
WASHINGTON: China, seeking to gain influence in the Indian Ocean, has reportedly increased its aid to Sri Lanka dramatically since 2005, a US Congressional report has said.
04/30/2011
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Xinhua
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems conerning its civil war and urged the international community not to complicate the issue.
04/26/2011
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Channel 4
Ban Ki-Moon has come under attack for failing to push for a war crimes probe in Sri Lanka. But a former UN Deputy Secretary-General tells Channel 4 News Ban is powerless to defy Russia and China.
01/01/2011
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Maxwell School of Syracuse University
VIDEO: Bob Blake gives a speech at Syracuse. The final minutes relate to Sri Lanka. Go to 1:09 to hear the question that prompts Blake's response, which includes confirmation of two reports on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka being sent to the U.S. Senate. (via @TamilDiaspora on Twitter)
12/09/2010
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Hindustan Times
Amid intense Chinese pressure, Sri Lanka on Thursday decided not attend Friday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo for jailed Chinese dissident writer Liu Xiaobo. "As of now, our position is not to attend the ceremony," Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters. "We are not the only country that took up that position, there are lots of countries that are not attending the event," he said.