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Helen Davidson in Taipei

India accuses China of ‘militarisation of the Taiwan Strait’ as row over navy vessel grows

Workers wave the flags of Sri Lanka and China to welcome the Chinese research and survey vessel the Yuan Wang 5 at port in Hambantota
Workers wave the flags of Sri Lanka and China to welcome the Chinese research and survey vessel the Yuan Wang 5 at port in Hambantota. Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

India has accused China of “militarisation of the Taiwan Strait”, in an escalating war of words triggered by a Chinese military ship docking in a controversial Sri Lankan port.

The accusation, referenced in a statement by the Indian high commission in Sri Lanka on Sunday, is reportedly the first time the Indian government has used the descriptor, and is a rare intervention on the cross-straits issues as India contends with tensions on its own border with China.

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