This interaction demonstrates the complex relationship between China and Sri Lanka, which goes beyond debt and infrastructure development to include more extensive commercial and trade collaboration.

Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1bn ... which will link ports and roads between China and Europe. The initiative is being keenly watched by regional trade rivals including India and Japan.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--China says its initiative to build ports and other infrastructure across Asia and Africa, paid for with Chinese loans, will boost trade. But in a cautionary tale for borrowers ...

Experts say that Sri Lanka's desperate financial need, in a way, has helped Delhi regain its influence in the island-nation of 22 million people after China made ... been a major trade partner ...