THERE are contrasting reports on the outcome of the controversial visit to China this week by Grenada's Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell. The Grenada government is reporting that the visit which ended Thursday was very successful, and while not presenting details suggested that the delegation might have left Beijing with millions of dollars in promises. Prime Minister Mitchell who arrives back-home Saturday, after a London stop-over will make a national address on his trip Monday. But while the Grenada government remains upbeat, Barbados-based journalist Ricky Singh is reporting that Dr Mitchell came away empty handed. "An expected agreement for diplomatic relations between Grenada and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has failed to materialize. And Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has returned from his official visit to Beijing without a deal to a break in relations with Taiwan and significant economic assistance and trade relations from China," Singh wrote in a piece published Friday in the Barbados Nation. "The breaking news late yesterday was that Mitchell’s demand for Chinese economic aid was too high and, therefore, had to return home empty-handed," he reported. Singh reported further: "China’s ambassador to Barbados, Yang Zhikuan, who has been engaged in behind-the-scene negotiations with Mitchell’s government on possible China-Grenada diplomatic relations, confirmed Thursday that the Grenadian Prime Minister’s just-concluded visit to Beijing had proven 'unsuccessful' but was not prepared to go into details." But one government source in Grenada tells CARIBUPDATE the picture they have is different from what Singh is reporting. Reprinted from caribupdate.com