China expected to lend Bangladesh $40 billion during President Xi Jinping's Dhaka visit

[Joe Shearer]

From the hindsight of China's investment in Sri Lanka, both Bangladesh and China should be mindful of the jealousy and sabotage from the neighboring state who may not be happy to see the progress and development that is esp with the help from Chinese.

But Burma is not a very aggressive state?

 

[Russell]

But Burma is not a very aggressive state?

Touche....

 

[Joe Shearer]

Touche....

I'm just a novice in the field of geopolitics.

 

[Ryan]

I'm just a novice in the field of geopolitics.

Since you have ruled out Myanmar, now there is very limited guess on who the culprit is.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Since you have ruled out Myanmar, now there is very limited guess on who the culprit is.

That's taking things too far! I'm sure the Thais have no interest in these aggressive designs that you are trying to scare us all with.

 

[Ryan]

That's taking things too far! I'm sure the Thais have no interest in these aggressive designs that you are trying to scare us all with.

Thailand is not the immediate neighbour of Bangladash. Besides, Thailand and Myanmar are friendly nations to China. How many countries have land borders with Bangladesh? The one that sabotaged Chinese invesment in Sri Lanka is also trying to infiltrate in Balouch and stir trouble for CPEC.

 

[wiseone2]

Good on Bangladesh for duping China . India can try and dupe China next

there is nothing to dupe. if china is interested she can invest
i do not see anyone holding a gun to china's head

 

[Joe Shearer]

Thailand is not the immediate neighbour of Bangladash. Besides, Thailand and Myanmar are friendly nations to China. How many countries have land borders with Bangladesh? The one that sabotaged Chinese invesment in Sri Lanka is also trying to infiltrate in Balouch and stir trouble for CPEC.

AFAIK, nobody sabotaged Chinese investment in Sri Lanka; the Chinese did a great job all on their own, lending money at high rates, creating infrastructure to no purpose, and leaving behind a huge mass of little or no value.

Nobody is trying to infiltrate in Balouch. The idea is silly. If you are referring to statements pointing out Pakistani heavy-handedness in Balochistan, that is not infiltration. It seems that we have a vocabulary problem here.

Finally, if one country getting massive, game-changing investment from a second country into a specific part of its territory then goes and irritates a third country on its borders to the extent that the fringes of the proposed investment territory are affected, who do you think is stirring up trouble?

 

[Ryan]

Below is from a Lanka web site which clearly pointed to the lousy culprit.
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/...lopment-india-builds-vizhinjam-deep-sea-port/
After Stalling Colombo and Hambantota Ports Development, India Builds Vizhinjam Deep Sea Port
Posted on August 23rd, 2015
Dilrook Kannangara

India succeeded in disrupting the development of Hambantota and Colombo port development projects. Had these gone ahead, a substantial amount of prosperity would have shifted to Sri Lanka depriving India and Singapore. That was why India and Singapore engineered the regime change operation. Now they are satisfied Sri Lanka’s Chinese funded shipping growth strategy has flopped, they are developing their own ports. Sri Lanka is once again doomed to live in poverty and misery thanks to the UNP and its foreign financiers.



India the Eternal Enemy of Sri Lanka

It is no secret Tamil terrorism was conceived and delivered by India as a Cold War tool. Tamil terrorism robbed Sri Lanka of likely benefits of being the first nation to open its economy. Sri Lanka’s shipping development was always envied by India. China’s involvement in Sri Lanka was always opposed by India. Pro Indian groups opposed the Colombo Port development project and Hambantota projects. The first thing the Indian funded UNP regime did was to suspend it. Having achieved its objectives, India is now developing a deep sea port – the first of its kind in South Western India. Vizhinjam is a deep sea port under aggressive development in Kerala which will rival Colombo. It will steal Colombo’s transshipment business (3.8 million TEUs a year with many times higher potential).

Although UNP must take most of the blame, the Rajapaksa regime also must take some blame for delaying Chinese projects due to Indian pressure. Had Sri Lanka moved faster on the Colombo port project or delayed the presidential election by a year allowing China a permanent naval docking station, Indian interference would have reduced.

Now Sri Lanka is cursed with underdevelopment, poverty, disintegration and possibly Indian engineered national collapse. Prosperity of India including that of Indian groups in Sri Lanka, and, prosperity of Sri Lanka is a zero sum game. Only one will succeed and it will be at the expense of the other.

AFAIK, nobody sabotaged Chinese investment in Sri Lanka; the Chinese did a great job all on their own, lending money at high rates, creating infrastructure to no purpose, and leaving behind a huge mass of little or no value.

Nobody is trying to infiltrate in Balouch. The idea is silly. If you are referring to statements pointing out Pakistani heavy-handedness in Balochistan, that is not infiltration. It seems that we have a vocabulary problem here.

Finally, if one country getting massive, game-changing investment from a second country into a specific part of its territory then goes and irritates a third country on its borders to the extent that the fringes of the proposed investment territory are affected, who do you think is stirring up trouble?

 

[Joe Shearer]

@Gibbs

Just your cup of Dilmah.

Below is from a Lanka web site which clearly pointed to the lousy culprit.
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/...lopment-india-builds-vizhinjam-deep-sea-port/
After Stalling Colombo and Hambantota Ports Development, India Builds Vizhinjam Deep Sea Port
Posted on August 23rd, 2015
Dilrook Kannangara

India succeeded in disrupting the development of Hambantota and Colombo port development projects. Had these gone ahead, a substantial amount of prosperity would have shifted to Sri Lanka depriving India and Singapore. That was why India and Singapore engineered the regime change operation. Now they are satisfied Sri Lanka’s Chinese funded shipping growth strategy has flopped, they are developing their own ports. Sri Lanka is once again doomed to live in poverty and misery thanks to the UNP and its foreign financiers.



India the Eternal Enemy of Sri Lanka

It is no secret Tamil terrorism was conceived and delivered by India as a Cold War tool. Tamil terrorism robbed Sri Lanka of likely benefits of being the first nation to open its economy. Sri Lanka’s shipping development was always envied by India. China’s involvement in Sri Lanka was always opposed by India. Pro Indian groups opposed the Colombo Port development project and Hambantota projects. The first thing the Indian funded UNP regime did was to suspend it. Having achieved its objectives, India is now developing a deep sea port – the first of its kind in South Western India. Vizhinjam is a deep sea port under aggressive development in Kerala which will rival Colombo. It will steal Colombo’s transshipment business (3.8 million TEUs a year with many times higher potential).

Although UNP must take most of the blame, the Rajapaksa regime also must take some blame for delaying Chinese projects due to Indian pressure. Had Sri Lanka moved faster on the Colombo port project or delayed the presidential election by a year allowing China a permanent naval docking station, Indian interference would have reduced.

Now Sri Lanka is cursed with underdevelopment, poverty, disintegration and possibly Indian engineered national collapse. Prosperity of India including that of Indian groups in Sri Lanka, and, prosperity of Sri Lanka is a zero sum game. Only one will succeed and it will be at the expense of the other.

 

[SBUS-CXK]

Hu jintao arable land,
Xi jinping harvest...

 

[damiendehorn]

That's taking things too far! I'm sure the Thais have no interest in these aggressive designs that you are trying to scare us all with.

So you got a fail in both geopolitics and geography?

 

[Joe Shearer]

So you got a fail in both geopolitics and geography?

AND History AND Economics AND...well, you get the picture. Total failure. Now I'm getting caught out everywhere.

 

[damiendehorn]

AND History AND Economics AND...well, you get the picture. Total failure. Now I'm getting caught out everywhere.

Well at least you get full marks in honesty.

 

[Bilal9]

Sheeet！ It‘s a lot of maney that might end up in Indian pocket

You cannot take infrastructure (bridges, roads factories) in your pocket and take it to India. That's what most of this is for.