Posted on 07/25/2017 1:13:04 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Time for a second lesson for forgetful India
By John Gong Source:Global Times Published: 2017/7/24 21:08:39
The public's patience is running short with India's Doklam transgression. Nothing can stand in the way of China's and Chinese people's dignity. No government in the world can stand still doing nothing while its borders are being violated.
As India continues down this intransigent path, perhaps it is time that it be taught a second lesson. Their troops in Doklam could either withdraw voluntarily, be captured or may be killed when border disputes escalate, Liu Youfa, China's former consul general in Mumbai, made the above comments in an appearance on CGTN.
As always, India's logic of reasoning on this matter is as feeble as its troops on the ground. India's position is that Doklam is territory in dispute between China and Bhutan, and it has been invited there by Bhutan, its protectorate state. Furthermore, it claims China's road construction in Doklam poses a strategic threat to the "chicken's neck," referring to the 27-kilometer-wide Siliguri Corridor to the south of Doklam that connects the northeastern part of India with the rest of the country.
Chicken's neck or giraffe's neck, who cares? Why would a peaceful China care about the road condition in another country when its only purpose is to improve its own road conditions?
This road in Doklam has been there for at least a decade under firm Chinese administration, and this time China is merely trying to do some asphalt patching work in order to facilitate better logistics support to its border posts. That a public infrastructure project in one country can be viewed as a strategic threat to another, and worse yet be used as an excuse warranting an invasion, is unprecedented in recent human history.
But the Indians have misunderstood their audience. China is no Sikkim or Bhutan, where India's hegemonic tactics have worked. We wouldn't have the patience to listen to that kind of wanton robber logic.
No matter what vassalage relationship India maintains with Bhutan, it baffles this author that India has the courage to transgress another country on its behalf. And in this case, Indian troops even entered into Doklam from the China-Sikkim border. Well, if this kind of logic holds, a third country can certainly enter into Kashmir, including India-controlled Kashmir, upon Pakistan's invitation. (This is not a far-fetched idea.)
Now let's also bear in mind that India has a history of harboring the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala as a strategic counter-China ploy. Underneath the Dalai Lama's façade of peace, there lies a trace of violence at least half a century old. Immediately after he fled to India in 1959, the Dalai Lama became the CIA's henchman in engaging in a terrorist guerrilla war on China.
In more recent years, the Tibetan Youth Congress, the armed wing of the Dalai Lama's regime, instigated several violent riots and is responsible for several terrorist bombings in China. In a way, India is actively harboring terrorism against the Chinese.
To such an unruly neighbor, China should reciprocate in a language that India can understand. The famous or infamous India bravado is never backed up by substance in its history with China. If memory is short on the Indian side, perhaps there should be a second lesson. China is embarking on a historic mission to be a peaceful, prosperous and powerful nation as it has been in history. It can't afford to be constantly distracted by border skirmishes with India.
The author is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics. johngong@gmail.com
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Someone really needs to slap these haughty Chicoms in the mouth.
Interesting
I guess the author never heard of the peaceful chinese invasion of Tibet....
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My gut reaction is to stand with India!
India is not the nuclear power that China is, but, India could destroy China to the extent that it would take generations to recover.
It would cause worldwide economic disaster :-/
India is not the nuclear power that China is, but, India could destroy China to the extent that it would take generations to recover.
I hate to say it, because I like India, but that would be OK by me . Let them take the brunt if it smashes China in the face. Then we move the f--- in there and install people who will be more civilized and western and nice to us. and let Christianity run FREE.
The public’s patience is running short with India’s Doklam transgression.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
There is no transgression by INdia. The CHICOMS have invaded
Buthan and Sikkim repeatedly, building roads to transport troops for future invasion of the Trans Himalyas for decades.
The Chicoms have gone too far.India will not be pushed.
The invading CHICOMS could easily end up glowing in the dark and smelling like Tandoori Crisp Chicken Curry.
Sounds like propaganda spew, written by some government droid of the PRC.
Bring it on China! The world’s largest autocratic, human rights violating, forcing abortions and communist regime versus world’s largest democracy!
>Bring it on China! The world’s largest autocratic, human rights violating, forcing abortions and communist regime versus world’s largest democracy!
China would clean their clocks in conventional warfare. For all the crap the Chinese get, their system generally works. Nothing works in India.
Lucky for India China doesn’t have a working logistic system so an invasion of India is out.
I don’t think India has to be a big nuclear power like China. It would only take 2 or 3 well placed missiles to kill tens of millions Chinese in the coastal areas.
There is no way for Chinese troops to invade India, separated by the highest mountain range in the world. Which rules out conventional war. India has tough soldiers in Gurkha’s, Marathi’s and Sikh’s. All totally fearless. Which means China can not win a mountain war.
So it will boil down to air war. If the defenseless Chinese manufacturing centers are destroyed, there goes the $500 Billion trade surplus with United States. The riots in China will be of historic proportions.
Keep in mind China is an export dependent system. India is not. Indians can survive a devastating war better in my opinion. Technologically India has progressed by orders of magnitude compared to the last border skirmish with China.
That stood out like a neon sign. If true, some Washington politicians have a lot of splainin' to do...
“compared to the last border skirmish with China”.
Bingo!!!
It has happened in the past,
Along with Viet Nam India has many time in the past “skirmished” with them Chi-Coms.
Just maybe the next time it may escalate pat the skirmish stage.
This is the kind of fight that China traditionally excels at. It’s a calibrated battle. A large ‘raid’ basically. Like Korea and the Vietnam Border ‘war’. The rhetoric that the Chinese are recklessly throwing around makes it a virtual certainty that there will be fighting. And India will be left with a decision as to whether it wants to escalate — meaning the Chinese are counting on India re-evaluating.
Eventually, someone needs to and will stand up to the chi-coms if only other Chinese
If you can read evil you can read communist Chinese. But they are making a historical mistake here. India has a lot of nukes and is going to overtake the Chicom economy in the future.
As I recall, China was embarrassed and bloodied in the Vietnam border war.
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