Sri Lanka's Cabinet has approved a deal to grant China 80 percent control over commercial operations at the southern port of Hambantota but it withheld giving Beijing majority control over port security, Reuters reported July 25. Sri Lankans protested an earlier version of the deal , and India, as well as the United States and Japan, voiced concern that the port could be used for military purposes. Although the new version of the deal addresses these concerns, one point of remaining negotiation is whether Sri Lanka will grant more than 6,000 hectares near the port to China for development purposes.