The short, Oct. 17 -- notice Colombo visit of a high-level Chinese delegation, to be followed now by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's this month-end should be of interest as much to the Indian strategic community as to their counterparts in Sri Lanka. The question is that if the Chinese visit was a reaction to the recent Quad Ministerial Meet at Tokyo, and the delayed one by Secretary Pompeo, likewise, has been influenced by the latter.

"Negotiations are underway for a Euro10 billion (Renminbi) currency-swap agreement between the Central Bank and the People's Bank of China, to address the current liquidity crunch," says Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Money, Capital Markets and Public Enterprise Reforms Minister, only days after the visit of a ...