There are 2 countries that I have visited amongst a number where you will never get a straight answer - Philippines and India. Both will enthusiastically promise that they will build you what you want and within the time frame. If you ask them to build a radio, the Filipinos overtime will give excuses and in the end you will find nothing has been done. The good part is that you have not paid anything. The Indians will tell you why a radio and promise to build you a TV set at the same price. In the end they will deliver the TV Chassis and insist that that was the agreement.
After GCT visit to India, a team of GLC CEO visited India with orders to invest and secure projects. They could not get assurance on company incorporation, utilities hook-up and various basic infrastructure things. But during the tour they were regaled everyday with stories of overseas Indians making it big in America. In the end nothing was done.
long ago a Sembcorp eVp was asked to go india get jv projects........ he was pretty worried of ah neh underhand tricks........ true enuf he came back with lots of projects which subsequently backfired