But the tensions remained; the Indian cliché that these were largely due to a British policy of "divide and rule" is a self-excusing fantasy.

但是矛盾依然存在。 印度人总说今天的一切都是因为英国人“分而治之”的政策，但这只是自我辩解的幻想。

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British Control was aimed for the economic profits. Under the "divide and rule" policy, Great Britain let the ethnic groups in Malaya to take charge of their own business.

英国对于这个新殖民地的控制，著眼于经济利益的攫取，在「分而治之」的统治原则下，放任各种族自行管理所属的族群。

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The new head refused to listen to advice from experienced members of staff and had a "divide and rule" policy, dropping team meetings and - Mr A says - losing the respect of staff and pupils.

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Critics of the government believe that its federal policy has more to do with divide-and-rule, and the allocation of national resources, than justice for the regions of the country.

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Is the root of the problem in this troubled region, the continued pursuit by Moscow of a seventy-year old policy toward nationalities, that of divide and rule?

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