{"id":60494,"date":"2018-08-27T17:41:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=60494"},"modified":"2018-08-27T17:41:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:41:46","slug":"china-suspects-discomforted-neighbour-india-of-backing-public-resistance-protests-in-jaffna-against-china-funded-housing-projects-for-the-northern-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=60494","title":{"rendered":"China Suspects &#8220;Discomforted Neighbour&#8221; India of Backing Public Resistance Protests  in Jaffna Against China Funded Housing Projects for the Northern Province."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>China, through top level diplomatic channels, has asked from the Sri Lankan government if a &#8220;discomforted neighbour&#8221; was behind the protests in Jaffna against the housing project funded by Beijing, Asian Mirror learns.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>This comes in the wake of the public resistance to the Chinese-funded project to build 40,000 houses in the Jaffna district. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Indian media reported that while China wanted to build houses made of concrete in the conflict-ravaged area, the locals want homes made of bricks in the traditional fashion. <\/p>\n<p>Beijing, however, is of the view that there was some &#8216;foul play&#8217; behind the outcry against this project. It is in this context that China has made the inquiry through its diplomatic channels in Colombo, informed political sources said. <\/p>\n<p>This was the first time China committed to a substantial rural infrastructure project in the country. <\/p>\n<p>The fact that China&#8217;s committed to an infrastructure project in Jaffna &#8211; just 60 miles away from the southern tip of India &#8211; has obviously discomforted New Delhi. <\/p>\n<p>However, government sources told Asian Mirror that no final decision had been reached on the future of Chinese housing project in Jaffna.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nCourtesy:Asian Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton60494\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D60494&amp;text=China%20Suspects%20%26%238220%3BDiscomforted%20Neighbour%26%238221%3B%20India%20of%20Backing%20Public%20Resistance%20Protests%20%20in%20Jaffna...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China, through top level diplomatic channels, has asked from the Sri Lankan government if a &#8220;discomforted neighbour&#8221; was behind the protests in Jaffna against the housing project funded by Beijing, Asian Mirror learns. This comes in the wake of the public resistance to the Chinese-funded project to build 40,000 houses in the Jaffna district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60496,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60494\/revisions\/60496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}