Posted on 11/30/2011 2:25:58 AM PST by MBT ARJUN
The scheduled talks between China and India over border issues at the end of November were temporarily postponed. While speculations about this decision are varied, one thing is certain: India, whose GDP is a third of China's, has been maintaining a bold stance when dealing with China. Indian public opinion will not permit concessions to China, but China will not yield to India's demand on border issues either.
This is where the dilemma is. Both sides must keep the border issue from worsening by focusing on keeping goodwill talks alive and being mindful of the consequences of a sudden breakdown.
Currently, India is a bit pushy in its relations with China. The country appears to be highly interested in facing off with China. But that contest is not the primary focus of the Chinese society.
Both China and India have been feeling anxious about being "circled." But their roles are different in each other's eyes. For India, China is the plotter and executor of this "scheme," whereas for China, India is a participant to this theory. The insecurity from both countries is not on the same level.
Nationalistic sentiment is strong in India. It claims that India is on the "first tier" of the world even though the country is still developing. India has been eagerly seeking this acknowledgement worldwide. Although the US has given the country a first tier diplomatic formality, the "elephant" is not satisfied. What it really wants is the first-tier growth rate and statistics that match China's.
However, China rarely thinks of India when it plans its economy. While it is predictable that India will get excited when their GDP growth outpaces China one day, it is hard to say whether China will feel any sadness at this result.
This does not imply that China does not take India seriously. If India can maintain its current economic growth rate, it will only become increasingly important to China.
India will not allow itself to stay quietly between the US and China. It wants to play triangle affairs with the duo, and will do anything it can to maximize its benefit out of it.
Therefore, China will find it hard to buy India over. It needs to treat the South Asia country seriously.
The US has been persuading India to join its alliance against China, and issues between China and India, such as border disputes and the Dalai Lama, are difficult to solve. Therefore, China's relation with India will face a tough road ahead. But India's ambition of becoming a strong power, as well as its economy-driven policy, will help stave off these uncertainties. This ensures that China's relations with India will not be the worst among neighboring countries.
Both countries should stay calm and not take small issues to a level of strategic hostility. India's power and its development will not make it a strategic enemy to China.
News media in New Delhi have been making stories from unreliable sources to advocate the so-called "China threat theory." Both countries should avoid overreacting to their disputes, but that does not mean these issues should be hidden away.
What we need to do is not aggravate it.
“What we need to do is not aggravate it.”
At this point a disastrous war between India & Red China is the only way Western Civilization could be saved. The “blue-collar slave colony” against the “white-collar slave colony”; companies would be forced to hire Westerners again.
India-Pakistan would do the same trick and is far more likely...
Consider the source, while drawing any conclusions from the article.
(”Peoples Daily”)
Sorry my bad.
It’s not Peoples Daily, it’s People Daily. Sorry. (is People Daily Indian?)
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
You were right before. It IS from People’s Daily.
State run news agencies. Thats all that needs to be said. India must not trust the chicom government.
No, Red China has our manufacturing.
i guess for most Chinese people, the Indo-Chinese tension doesn’t make any sense, does it? And do most Chinese understand or even agree with their government’s stance that Arunachal Pradesh be part of China? After all those people are not Han Chinese and do not want to be part of the CCCP
Thanks MBT ARJUN.
Yes, for many common Chinese who can’t even name all of our neighboring countries, they do not understand why we have border issues and they seldom care. IMO, I think every single territory dispute happens for a reason, involved with numerous aspects, such as historical, cultural, political, geographical and economical ones. Those disputes may end up in several ways, but the least senario is based on what the locals feel or think. For example, suppose the people from Guam do not feel like being American, wo
would you let the island go? I doubt you would. So eventually, I think it is going to be a wrestle between the Indian and Chinese government, not the people. JMHO.
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