Big bully. Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a bitter military stand off in at least four areas in eastern Ladakh for a month. While both countries have eventually held diplomatic talks to resolve the stand off by way of peaceful discussion, the bilateral relations continue to be at an all time low, say almost hostile. This development is not really new what with our bigger neighbour being conniving since long and playing under-the-table politics. China achieved super power status sometime recently largely by giving loans to poor, needy countries along with collateral and thus making a foothold within, when the borrowing countries are unable to repay the debt. China has used this tactic so often that today countries like Djibouti, Tonga, Maldives, Republic of Congo, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Niger, Laos, Zambia, Samoa, Varuato, Mongolia, etc, owe debt of at least 20% of their nominal GDP to China. However no official data exists on the resulting deb...