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 | | Celeste was responding to questions -- critical ones -- pointing out that Clinton's planned one day stopover in India was clearly discriminatory, as compared to the nine day visit he paid to China recently. |
 | | Celeste tackled the question of India's security concerns head on, saying, "While we respect the right of India to decide matters relating to its own security, surely we have the right to disagree when we see fit -- that is why the need arose for serious discussion." |
 | | Returning to the question of the preferential treatment given to China by the US even in the field of trade and industry, Celeste argued, "Well, the Chinese had opened up their economy way back in the seventies when, as a matter of fact, India was chasing foreign investors out of here. |
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