The fragile Sino-Botswana diplomatic relations suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the Chinese Embassy openly showed its displeasure by disregarding a request by Botswana to postpone a media briefing on the outcome of the arbitration on the South China Sea to a later date. The media had to wait for hours at the Chinese Embassy on Wednesday for the scheduled press briefing to take place as the officials had been summoned to the Office of the President by President Ian Khama. Sources at the Chinese Embassy have revealed that upon learning about the press briefing, Khama summoned Chinese Ambassador Zhuqiang to his office to persuade him to postpone it until the two countries have discussed the issue. “President Khama informed our Ambassador that he cannot hold a press briefing before he briefs him about developments on the South China Sea dispute,” revealed a source. The Chinese officials defied Khama and disregarded his instruction by going ahead with the press briefing. The strained relations between the two states has been deteriorating over Botswana’s recent veiled criticism of China over the South China Sea dispute accusing Beijing of imposing “its power over others to make claims because of its economy or…