China has a secretive new "development plan" for Grenada, putting down for itself a big footprint in the Caribbean.  What they have in mind probably has a lot to do with what is going on in their own "backyard" and their relationship with the U.S. According to a front-page above-above-the-fold report in yesterday's South China Morning Post, the extensive plan is a clear bid to increase the Asian superpower's "influence" in the region.  The Post reports: Beijing's blueprint envisions the construction of massive infrastructure projects in the small tropical nation, which has a population of about 100,000. They include the construction of a highway connecting the major towns on its main island, which is about four times the size of Hong Kong Island, and a railway line encircling it. The plan also calls for the building of deepwater ports that could accommodate a large number of cruise and cargo ships, a large wind farm to...(Read Full Post)