China wanted this asset......despite people saying it was no good/ uneconomical/ stranded.
Can't remember the poster (westsurf???) is vindicated in his analysis of the resource as being great & standing by that view.
Political was a totally different argument.
If you go back & reread the story from prior to the plane crash, SP manipulation, execution of the Hanlong billionaire director & now finally discussion directly with China....SDL was killed via a death of a thousand cuts.