Dhaka, March 28 -- The last time a Bangladeshi head of government visited China, which incidentally happened to be just before the July Uprising that uprooted the then-government, they had to curtail the trip and come home early. This was widely speculated to have been caused by the denial of an exclusive audience with the Chinese president. The snub would not have been out of order, after the last government consistently playing off China and India against each other, before coming down on the side of Delhi.

Although cautious at first on how the Uprising in Bangladesh affected Chinese interests, what Beijung has since shown is a flexibility in news approach, that ultimately the Indians may be left to envy. They (New Delhi) have adapted ...