When Pakistan says that relations with India cannot see better days
if the Jammu & Kashmir issue is not resolved, it means business. No
matter, how many other avenues you look for to ease tension on a
bilateral platform, unless and until, the main mess is not taken care
of, your efforts go down the drains.
If that is the case, then China too cannot expect India not to raise key issues afflicting the relations between the two nations when the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits India. Let's face it! There are too many factors that define the current tension between the two nations and if overlooked, the friction will further escalate.
China's growing bonhomie with Pakistan that results in the former vetoing a UN initiated designation of JeM Chief Mullah Masood Azhar and blocking India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), only drives home the point that all's not well with India. And this is not the end of it: Chinese troops' incursion in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh certainly doesn't lend credence to the fact that Beijing is serious about not antagonising New Delhi.
But look at the great Chinese hypocrisy. As per an article in the Chinese government controlled Global Times, "India may want to avoid unnecessary entanglement with China over the South China Sea debate during Wang's visit if the country wishes to create a good atmosphere for economic cooperation, which would include reducing tariffs on made-in-India products exported to China amid the ongoing free trade talk known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership."
Just because you are economically and militarily superior to India, it doesn't mean that you can expect New Delhi to dance to your whims and fancies. If China is sincere enough to offer an honest hand of friendship to India and the rest of the world, then it should abide by the verdict of the International Tribunal in Hague over China's historic control over the South China Sea.
But time and again, China is proving to assert its authority as against the might of USA. On one hand, it gets insecure about India's proximity to Washington, but on the other hand, it hardly takes steps strong enough not to provoke India to shy away from it. The 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) coming up in Goa in October could witness China being isolated over the way it has handled disputes of late.
The age of blackmailing is a thing of the past. By threatening India over trade and constantly brow beating (if we may use the term) countries dependent on it, China may not have read the writings on the wall. That day is not far when an anti-China block emerges and poses a serious challenge to the country on various global platforms. Even Islamabad won't hesitate to walk out on Beijing, given such a situation.
It may be a bit pre-mature, but if China continues to behave arrogantly, it might go the Iran or North Korea way. And we are talking about global isolation. USA isn't in its good books, neither is India. On South China Sea, there are south-east Asian countries that haven't taken Chinese dominance sportingly. And one reiterates, Pakistan isn't the friend to be trusted. So, it's time to have a re-assessment of your foreign policy, Beijing.
So far as New Delhi is concerned, contentious issues should not be avoided. The Narendra Modi government must not give in to Chinese pressure even if that means, a heavy toll on economic relations with its neighbour. Serious matters like Chinese entry into PoK and the NSG imbroglio should be raised in meetings with the Chinese Foreign Minister before the BRICS summit.
Assert Modi and not play a diplomat literally. If possible, hold a bilateral parley with the Chinese President Xi Jinping when he is in India for the BRICS summit and put your point across. The days of timidity are over, it's time to stand up and take the 'enemy' head-on.
If that is the case, then China too cannot expect India not to raise key issues afflicting the relations between the two nations when the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits India. Let's face it! There are too many factors that define the current tension between the two nations and if overlooked, the friction will further escalate.
China's growing bonhomie with Pakistan that results in the former vetoing a UN initiated designation of JeM Chief Mullah Masood Azhar and blocking India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), only drives home the point that all's not well with India. And this is not the end of it: Chinese troops' incursion in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh certainly doesn't lend credence to the fact that Beijing is serious about not antagonising New Delhi.
But look at the great Chinese hypocrisy. As per an article in the Chinese government controlled Global Times, "India may want to avoid unnecessary entanglement with China over the South China Sea debate during Wang's visit if the country wishes to create a good atmosphere for economic cooperation, which would include reducing tariffs on made-in-India products exported to China amid the ongoing free trade talk known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership."
Just because you are economically and militarily superior to India, it doesn't mean that you can expect New Delhi to dance to your whims and fancies. If China is sincere enough to offer an honest hand of friendship to India and the rest of the world, then it should abide by the verdict of the International Tribunal in Hague over China's historic control over the South China Sea.
But time and again, China is proving to assert its authority as against the might of USA. On one hand, it gets insecure about India's proximity to Washington, but on the other hand, it hardly takes steps strong enough not to provoke India to shy away from it. The 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) coming up in Goa in October could witness China being isolated over the way it has handled disputes of late.
The age of blackmailing is a thing of the past. By threatening India over trade and constantly brow beating (if we may use the term) countries dependent on it, China may not have read the writings on the wall. That day is not far when an anti-China block emerges and poses a serious challenge to the country on various global platforms. Even Islamabad won't hesitate to walk out on Beijing, given such a situation.
It may be a bit pre-mature, but if China continues to behave arrogantly, it might go the Iran or North Korea way. And we are talking about global isolation. USA isn't in its good books, neither is India. On South China Sea, there are south-east Asian countries that haven't taken Chinese dominance sportingly. And one reiterates, Pakistan isn't the friend to be trusted. So, it's time to have a re-assessment of your foreign policy, Beijing.
So far as New Delhi is concerned, contentious issues should not be avoided. The Narendra Modi government must not give in to Chinese pressure even if that means, a heavy toll on economic relations with its neighbour. Serious matters like Chinese entry into PoK and the NSG imbroglio should be raised in meetings with the Chinese Foreign Minister before the BRICS summit.
Assert Modi and not play a diplomat literally. If possible, hold a bilateral parley with the Chinese President Xi Jinping when he is in India for the BRICS summit and put your point across. The days of timidity are over, it's time to stand up and take the 'enemy' head-on.
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