1. Bangladesh is one of the most pro-Chinese countries on earth.
China is respected and our friendship with this nation is valued and very important to us.
2. China has helped us far more than some our supposed "Muslim brothers".
3. China is a fellow Asian non-white state as opposed to the neo-colonial white west.
4. In terms of buying arms from Russia it does not mean much. We are not in the same geo-strategic region as Russia, nowhere near, but are part of the Chinese geo-strategic region.
Buying arms from Russia is purely business and nothing else. If we bought Swedish Gripens tomorrow it would not mean we are moving closer to Sweden and away from China. Sweden is not part of our geo-strategic region.
5. Chinese technological progress is accelerating at a rapid pace and so will the quality of its weaponry.
6. We Bangladeshis do not like India the state (no problem with ordinary people) and regard it as a nuisance. We don't care much about it (and to be honest we look down on them as inferior, being Hindus, whereas there is no such feeling towards Buddhist/Taoist Chinese). No Bangladeshi wastes time visiting the India sub-forum whereas Indians are obsessed with Bangladesh and troll and ruin every Bangladeshi thread on this sub-forum.