Recently, Sri Lankan media have been paying great attention to the China-U.S. Summit, extensively reposting and reporting on the briefing given by Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the media on the summit and the common understandings reached. Dinamina, The Island, Ada Derana, Newswire (https://a.hoisen.com/P2wfiU), and Colombo Wire (https://a.hoisen.com/vUv3sk), etc. published the full press release issued by the Chinese side. Meanwhile, media outlets including Newsfirst (https://a.hoisen.com/2L1stY), Hiru News Web, and Virakesari focused in particular on the significance and outcomes of the summit, as well as China’s positions on issues such as the Taiwan question, the Middle East situation, and the Ukraine crisis. The Weekend FT published a commentary article offering an in-depth interpretation of the new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability and its implications, noting that countries around the world, including Sri Lanka, look forward to dialogue and cooperation between China and the U.S. which would contribute to world peace and development.

