New Delhi, April 9 -- The mudslinging among Indian political parties over Sri Lanka's Katchtheevu Island was covered in these columns earlier (https://www.southasiamonitor.org/index.php/spotlight/raking-katchatheevu-indias-internal-politics-affect-international-relations). Austin Fernando, former Sri Lankan envoy to India, told Indian media if India crosses the Sri Lankan maritime international boundary line, it would violate Sri Lanka's sovereignty. He also questioned if Pakistan proposes similar sea encroachment near Goa or Bangladesh does something like this in the Bay of Bengal, what will be India's response?

But while India was busy in internal politicking, China appears to have pulled off a major heist right under the nose of the I...