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The H-word and retro-economics of unreason-by Dr Dayan Jayathilake Source:FT China’s Defence Minister Maj-Gen. Wei Fenghe visits Sri Lanka later this month. The former head of China’s rocket forces, he was awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz for promoting defensc cooperation between Pakistan and China, last December. The Sinhala-Tamil New Year greeting from the Chinese Ambassador in Colombo, released in impeccable Sinhala, mentions the “strategic advice” (“upades”) on bilateral relations given by the Presidents of China and Sri Lanka in their two telephone conversations. It concludes by announcing the intention of taking the Sino-Sri Lanka “strategic partnership to a new level” in the New Year “which is a time of new beginnings”.   ...