Under the administration started in 2015 and headed by President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka began to transform its policies of overemphasizing China and protecting domestic industries that were promoted by former President Rajapaksa toward a diplomacy with more balanced emphasis between China and India and open-door economic policy to the outside world. However, progress has been slowed recently as is seen in such cases as Sri Lanka was forced in 2017 to turn over to China the right of use of its Port of Hambantota, located in Southern part of the country1, and the faction of former president Rajapaksa who attaches much weight on domestic protectionist policies won the regional election held in February 2018.