The state-owned CGTN's 'First Voice' reacted to an article in Foreign Policy (May 7) by Robert Barnett saying that "News of the construction of the Chinese villages is neither stealthy nor secretive." It added that "the Foreign Policy article claims, with the precision of a dossier compiled by a foreign intelligence agency, that China has built three new villages, 106 kilometres of new roads, a small hydropower station, two administrative centres for the Communist Party of China, a communications base, a disaster relief warehouse, five military or police outposts, and "what are believed to be a major signals tower, a satellite receiving station, a military base, and up to six security sites and outpost in what it says are parts of Lhodrak in the TAR but which in fact are in the far north of Bhutan." It said "It is unclear how Barnett can assert so clearly these villages are "in fact" in Bhutan" and added that neither Bhutan nor India have made such claims. The CGTN article alleged "The article aims to drive a wedge between Bhutan and China, and inflame Indian and even Bhutanese public sentiments against China. This would support India's goal of becoming a hegemonic power in South Asia, maintaining its historic control over Bhutan and stopping the small country's efforts to assert its own foreign policy." It commented, in conclusion, "As the professional purveyors of disinformation know, a lie will go round the world while the truth is pulling its boots on."