This handout photograph released by the Sri Lankan Army shows visiting Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (R) shaking hands with Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse in Colombo. Liang... more 

This handout photograph released by the Sri Lankan Army shows visiting Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (R) shaking hands with Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse in Colombo. Liang says Beijing's increasingly close ties with South Asia are aimed at ensuring regional "security and stability" and are not intended to harm any "third party" less