Sri Lanka wishes China to succeed, and trusts China to exercise responsibly and constructively the enormous power and influence that will necessarily accompany great economic success.Lecture delivered by Lakshman Kadirgamar on “The Peaceful Ascendancy of China: A South Asian Perspective,” at the China Institute of International Studies, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on December 28, 2004. [online] Available at: http://archives.dailynews.lk/2005/01/15/fea01.html