Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Engaging the Dragon

Business Standard
18th Jan 2008

"I asked Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew why he did it even before India was particularly interested, and his answer was revealing. China threatened the region’s security in the fifties, sixties and seventies by supporting guerrilla movements. From the eighties onwards, China has been burgeoning into an overpowering economic force. “We don’t want to be overwhelmed and become like Laos or Cambodia!” he exclaimed, repeating that India alone had the girth and weight to balance China."

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