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Abstract
The present paper aims to study the probable geo-strategic ambitions of China in the Indo-Pacific region transcending territorial boundary. The concept of Indo-Pacific has already been vastly analyzedand studied by different strategic experts and scholars because of its strategic and economic importance.The threemajor issues, security, insecurity and economy, directly and indirectly, are linked with maritime infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific which has beendeveloped by China in the form of ‘Artificial Islands’, ‘Ports’ etc.. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled his multi ambitious strategic project the ‘Maritime Silk Road’ to enhance infrastructure connectivity and also to justify its expansionist policy. Many countries in the Indo-Pacific region are facing shortage of investment for infrastructure development. The present paper will discuss how a sudden transformation in the behavior of these countries has taken place when China took over the Hambantota port.