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| China denies new naval base in Sri Lanka, says it's purely commercial |
| 2009-05-17 |
| China criticized the London Times article that said the Hambatota harbour which China is helping Sri Lanka to build as a refueling and docking station for China’s navy as distortion of facts. China categorically called the Hambantota Port project as normal commercial activity despite how it is described by London’s Murdoch owned newspaper. “Any attempt to distort the facts would be invalid,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu in a statement issued in Beijing. He was commenting on a report by the Times of London, which said in report published on May 2 that China was building a port in south Sri Lanka “as a refueling and docking station for its navy.” Well, we had tons of chances to help Sri Lanka, but all the West was interested in was harping on human rights and sending money to the Tamil Tigers. Can't blame the Lankans for inviting in the Chinese. The base will be a part of their "string of pearls" across the Indian Ocean to protect their supply lines from the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal. The spokesman said China’s relationship with Sri Lanka is based on the five principles of peaceful co-existence. He described establishing social stability , economic development and national reconciliation as fundamental Sri Lankan aspirations. The Chinese will pay good money for their naval base, and the Sri Lankans will be happy to build it for them. It looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Hambantota Port project is a major development scheme started by the present government with the target of improving the island nation’s shiping, transshipping , ship building that would simultaneously beef up trade facilities also at Colombo. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #4 PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUMS > seems INDIA has successfully test-fired its SUB-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSLE, and now plans to test-fire its new AGNI II LAND-BASED IRBM. RUSS wants access to MONGOLIA, CHIN wants access to NORTH KOREA, and INDIA wants INDONESIA > everybody loves SE ASIA = SOUTH CHINA SEA/SOPAC this Monday??? VIETNAM + PAKISTAN want to extend maritime sovereignty to their offshore geologic CONTINENTAL SHELFS > PAKIS is repor willing to allow AFGHANISTAN use of its new GWADAR PORT in exchange for CARRS rights ala proposed new regio transit trade route. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-17 20:04 |
| #3 IIRC CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > HUI MOSLEMS PROTEST CHIN/PLAN NAVAL BASE [on HAINAN ISLAND vee perceived Chin = PLA/PLAN desecration of an ancient Muslim cemetery'. * ION SAME > PRC'S STATE SUPPORT [despotic] OF HAN-TURKIC MARRIAGES > Artic alleges that BEIJING severely punishes any Turkic = non-Han/Chin local woman whom seek divorce from their Han-Chin mates, or whom refuse to have children, etc. in order to promote and ensure pro-HAN/CHIN socio-ethnic domination and control over ethnic minorities??? * WORLD MIL FORUM > CHINA MUST USE ANY MEANS NECESSARY, INCLUDING WAR = MIL FORCE, TO ENSURE ACCESS INTO THE WESTERN PACIFIC, espec vee the SOUTH CHINA SEAS OCEAN CORRIDORS. US IMPERIALIST STRATEGY, besides for the [Islamist-MilTerr]BREAKUP OF CHINA AND MAINLAND ASIA, IS TO KEEP CHINA'S PLA MIL OPERATIONALLY CONTAINED OR LIMITED TO ITS "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN" [Arc of Japan-Philippines-Taiwan, etc] AND UNABLE TO CHALLENGE US DOMINATION. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-17 19:57 |
| #2 China categorically called the Hambantota Port project as normal commercial activity despite how it is described by LondonÂ’s Murdoch owned newspaper. Of course, another name for this would be a "Lilly Pad". Sail in a couple of logistic ships, or sub tenders, and presto- a forward naval base. I'm starting to realy dislike these short-sighted human rights twits. |
| Posted by: N guard 2009-05-17 15:42 |
| #1 It actually makes good sense. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-05-17 12:06 |