not something that we didnt already suspect.
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From: kalyan
Ramananda Sengupta
November 29, 2006 12:56 IST
A senior Indian intelligence official has expressed concern over what he described as the "dramatic increase" in Chinese attempts to woo Indian politicians and business leaders with gifts, some of them "phenomenally lavish."
Reacting to a story in Businessworld magazine, which refers to Chinese attempts to buy influence in India, the Indian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said while this is nothing new, what is of concern is the sudden and dramatic increase in the number of "influential Indians" being tapped by the Chinese.
The recipients of these gifts "spanned the political spectrum", the official said, expressing his "serious worry over this alarming trend, which has increased in leaps and bounds over the past three or four years."
Indian intelligence agencies, however, could do nothing much beyond "keeping an eye on the recipients" and bringing this to the attention of the Prime Minister's Office and the National Security Council, since there were "major political implications," the official said.
The remarks are significant as they come soon after Chinese President Hu Jintao visited India last week.
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http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/29ram.htm
2 comments:
Hi Rajeev,
Just what you have been saying all along about the nuclear deal.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/09/stories/2006120908401100.htm
Hi Rajeev,
Here is an article by brown sepoy of NYT(Pankaj Mishra) comparing Indian army in Kashmir with Nazi's.
www.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=op013004ThePullofFascism.asp
In another article in Swedish liberal arts magazine "AXESS Magazine issue 2; 2004" he claims that Hinduism is an artificial construct of British.
Perhaps you can write an article about Desi sepoys!
Thanks,
M.Patil
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