Mahathir's China diplomatic disaster. Just wasting time there!

From Malaysiakini:

Mahathir then had a joint press conference with Premier Li Keqiang and at the end when Mahathir said rich countries should not colonise others, Li said nothing and the session abruptly ended with him shaking hands with Mahathir with a forced smile. Then he frowned and walked off the stage. Not a word of thanks.

Then the next morning, Mahathir announced the cancellation of the ECRL project, a part of China's prized One Belt One Road initiative, as well as the two pipeline projects.

There is a lot of information to digest here.

I guess it is telling Dr. M is no butterfly in international politics. This is a first class opinion on what seems to be going on.  Very factual.  A few days later a rebuttal by so called "diplomats" seem to be downplaying the issue.  But anyone reading the counter argument is probably shaking their head as the articles fail to disprove any of the facts by the original author.

So Dr. M is officially on the hot seat politically as well.  But this is nothing new as we all know that Dr. M is horrible in international politics.  He did basically tell Beijing that they should not colonise others.

Nothing new here, though I think this trip was a waste of time.  He's no political butterfly and I don't think he achieved his goal to "smooth over ties".  If you suck at this kind of thing, don't bother doing it.  It wastes your precious time as prime minister and makes things worse internationally.  Just stick to the script:  Say Malaysia has no money, and be done with it.

I'm not one to say, but I think this was a simple task to do, and even our PM can screw it up.  Can this PM achieve any goals for Malaysia, Still looking and waiting for the first economic goal that I can say without a doubt: A plus one for Malaysia!  Harapan shows some moves for excellent policy!

I hope I really don't have to wait too long.