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Chinese-built port in Sri Lanka fuels Indian fears Beijing is encircling them _) @, ^/ F" g$ ^
. B% e$ T' x! \" {8 g) ^& Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.dePort in Hambantota, Sri Lanka is latest in string of deepwater ports built with Chinese aid along Indian ocean coast P- F/ G6 ^% W
9 S; U: q1 n7 i ! a) V+ I8 t5 kHambantota Chinese construction workers bore a hole in the harbor bed at the construction site of the new Hambantota harbor ) z0 c% i8 I T' [* `: G 1 a: w. B. t E5 [1 s* q( @/ z - c0 O& ~8 Y- b+ N0 R7 [& `: ?% H
Sri Lanka's port in Hambantota, built with Chinese money, has concerned Delhi. ; p: c7 k! L# u" [% A* n