The Chinese government donated a frigate to Sri Lanka and four new patrol boats to Philippines last week.
The donation of the frigate was confirmed by Colonel Xu Jianwei, China's military attaché at its Colombo embassy, however details of it were not disclosed.
China is also understood to provide "training" to the Sri Lankan military and build an auditorium at the military academy, Colonel Xu was quoted by the Colombo Gazette as saying.
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