China hits out at India's decision on naval symposium [CCP mouthpiece]

Times News ^ | 23 Apr 2009, 1929 hrs IST | Times News

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

BEIJING: India is suspicious of China’s economic growth, a new newspaper close to the Communist Party of China has said in an editorial. The paper, Global Times, made the comment while discussing New Delhi’s reported decision to disallow China from attending this year’s Indian Ocean Naval Symposium.

India’s ministry of foreign affairs is simply afraid that China might "intervene" in its sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean, it said. New Delhi’s decision was also prompted by "India’s suspicion of China’s rise", it said.

"Many people in India, the earliest industrialized country in Asia, could not accept China’s rapid rise in the past decades. Their bruised egos made them reluctant to get more intimately acquainted with China," the newspaper said. "A lack of people-to-people exchanges between China and India has also contributed to the estrangement and mutual distrust," it said.

The paper published by the Communist Party organ, the People’s Daily, said the two countries have remained "remote neighbors" because of a border dispute and very little people to people relationship, it said. The year 2008 saw 500,000 personal trips between two nations having a total population of 2.3 billion. The number of trips is one tenth of what took place between China and South Korea, it said.

India’s distrust of China is also related to friendly relations between China and Pakistan, but China’s friendship with Pakistan is not intended to harm India.

"India and China are two Asian giants with increasing economic strength and regional influence. A friendly Sino-Indian relationship depends on efforts by the two countries. Sino-Indian trust demands more civil communication and business cooperation, as well as heightened efforts by government leaders," the paper said four days after it launch.

The paper also compared Sino-South Korea trade volume of $186 billion in 2008 to show that the $50 billion trade between China and India was very small.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Or it could be China’s occupation of countries on India’s border.

Hard to say.

[sukhoi-30mki]

You left out China’s occupation of Indian territory.

[MimirsWell]

I say we go a step further and recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan. That will be a PR disaster for the PRC. To coat it with sugar, we should sign similar treaties with Vietnam as the Chinese have and will sign with Maoist Nepal. If we can pull it off, send an INS ship on a “friendly mission” with port calls in Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.

People of Chinese origin are generally warm and friendly people in most parts of the world. The CCP has made its people fascist and nationalist to protect itself. I do not think a democratic China will immediately become a model global citizen. It will be a lot like Russia is today only with more people.