jul 8th, 2010
anybody looking to commit genocide? the good folks from beijing will be there to help. ask the sudanese or the sinhalese.
fringe benefit: trincomalee port, hambantota port, presence in indian ocean, more 'string of pearls' around india's neck.
meanwhile UPA plays footsie with pak over "trust deficit". the actual problem is more of a "backbone deficit".
TheEconomist Brotherly love, massive aid and no questions asked: China's presence in Sri Lanka explodes
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HITCHING up his clean white sarong, Basil Rajapaksa mounts a gleaming new motorcycle and has a breezy spin outside the office of his brother Mahinda, Sri Lanka's president. As he brakes to a standstill by Yang Xiuping, China's ambassador, both are wreathed in smiles. Mrs Yang has just presented more than 30 Chinese motorcycles to the younger Mr Rajapaksa, a minister in his brother's cabinet, for use by officials in his constituency.
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I think that the Indian politicians and bureaucracy have treated Sri Lanka shabbily. We are reaping the results of our behaviour. Even just before the LTTE were eliminated, our govt. (esp Pranab Mukherjee) made the wrong noises. That attitude and the foreign policy that went with it is the direct result of the Congress. Unless BJP/NDA has some new and liberal thinking, they will go down the same hole.
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