The other party chuckled, the laughter was insincere, full of the hypocritical demeanor typical of a big shot in the national development strategy department.
"Oh, President Chi, I can't control so much about this matter! The location upstream and midstream of the East Pa River and West Pa River is in Changnan State, within Yunxi Province's territory according to the newest national map of Dongguo, which has been internationally recognized, you see!"
"On our country's rivers, we can't even decide our own development and use—what kind of Great Country would we be then? Are sovereignty and rights going to be dictated by your country of less than ten million? Spread this around, such an international joke would really break people's teeth laughing."
