Wen Jibao’s plane had hardly left for Qatar, the huge red carpet still in place, when Nepal’s follyticians went into full dharma mode. Sevenhundredfiftymilliondollars in aid, sevenhundredfiftymilliondollars to squander, doing what they are best at: sucking up for aid money, chief government dude and former mass murderer PM Bhattarai and his ilk went down on the carpet to extend their felicitations towards the east. Towel Daddy in the south not amused.
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