[Tailgunner Joe]

Bravo! Finally India is reversing some of their foolish foreign policies which played into China’s hands. I can only hope that India will keep going in this direction after the jettison of the communists from the national government.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

There is an article about REd Chinese aid to the Sri Lankan govt which helped to win the battle against the Tamils (down a page or two at Freerepublic.)

Find it, read it, and contrast it to this article. Will show you how another Cold War is being waged in Asia Minor.

[Cronos]

Bravo! Finally India is reversing some of their foolish foreign policies which played into China’s hands. I can only hope that India will keep going in this direction after the jettison of the communists from the national government.

Not completely foolish. They couldn't directly support the Sri Lankan government as the LTTE portrayed themselves as the saviors of the Tamil people (though they weren't) and if the Ind govt was seen to be against Tamils, then fire would have erupted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. India also could not support the LTTE or the Tamils as that would play up it's own regional tensions

The other places where it has to worry are Nepal, Bangladesh and Burma which are within the Indian sphere of influence.

In Nepal, it had clearly botched up, but now with the Maoists being quietly shown the door by the army, India is learning to be pragmatic. Ditto for Burma and India co-operating with the junta (not very nice playing with these guys, but the alternative was that China would be setting up camp in Burma otherwise).