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[Stephen Loosley]

Quite right Chris, thank you.

And in addition, Australia is moving towards China faster than India, and, we are breaking up with India.

We'll have to teach them how to play cricket then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Australian_Plate

Quote: "The Indo-Australian Plate was a major tectonic plate that included the continent of Australia and surrounding ocean, and extended northwest to include the Indian subcontinent and adjacent waters ... The eastern part (Australia) is moving northward at the rate of 5.6 cm per year while the western part (India) is moving only at the rate of 3.7 cm per year due to the impediment of the Himalayas. A third plate, known as the Capricorn Plate, may also be separating off of the western side of the Indian plate as part of the continued breakup of the Indo-Australian Plate."

---- On Thu, 21 May 2015 16:30:41 +1000 Chris Johnson  wrote ---- 

>Metaphors should be examined before they become cliche. 
>Yes, India and China are moving closer together. 
>They do so whatever their governments do or think. There are tectonic 
>plate movements that move the India plate closer to Asia faster than 6 
>centimetres per year (hence the Himalayas lifting up - and also the 
>frequency of regrettable, catastrophically severe earthquakes in Nepal, 
>Sikkim, Tibet, Sichuan as the movement sticks and slips). 
> 
>Chris Johnson 
> 
>Stephen Loosly wrote: 
>> India and China etc are working quite hard at moving closer together. 
>> 
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