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6/10/2014
India to boost trade with China
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is visiting India with a big bag of proposals to improve trade between the world’s two most populous countries. Unlike the Americans and the Japanese, wherever the Chinese go, they will end up signing trade pacts while the Americans and Japanese would be signing military pacts.
China India trade has a lot of room to grow if both countries put their minds to it. The problem with improving relations between the countries lies in India’s self delusion of a China coveting Indian territories. This myth has been created since the Sino India border war and bred bitterness in mindset of the Indian population and politicians. India must face the truth and realities of its relations with China to go forward.
Historically, India and China has never invaded each other or had wars with each other in the name of conquest. The Sino Indian border war was India’s own doing when it attempted to seize Chinese territories with its go east policy under Nehru. The disastrous defeat by the Chinese PLA resulted not only in shame but turned into hatred for China to hide the real cause of the war.
That war also proved that China had no intent to seize any Indian territory or to settle the border dispute by force. China voluntary withdrew from India and returned to the original position at the border till today. There were still some border skirmishes and India is totally to blame for their adventurism. The fear of a Chinese invasion is hogwash, a political stance to create an enemy out of China. China would not have withdrawn after the 1962 border war if that was China’s intent.
Other than the overhyped border dispute and blaming China, India is fully engaged in hosting the Tibetan separatist movements in India and supporting the Dalai Lama in his secessionist plan. This is not going to be good for relations with China but the Chinese have been playing down this role of India in interfering with China’s domestic affairs to avoid further tension between the two states.
India should erase the China threat myth and reduce its support of the Tibetan movements and move forward in a big way for trade and economic growth with China. There is nothing to gain to live in a self deluded myth and to agitate, harbour and support separatist movements in India against China. In today’s geopolitics, wars of conquest for territorial gains are no longer a viable option. There is great potential for India and China to grow and prosper together and live harmoniously as two great neigbours. There is no China threat against India in imagination and in reality as such an attempt would only lead the two countries to endless strife and economic ruins. The relationship between the two countries should be economic prosperity for both and the uplifting of the lives of more than 2 billion people in the two countries. Indulging in talks of war is a foolish and wasteful activity that is best set aside when there is so much to be gained in productive economic activities.
Would India and China take a different and new path towards economic growth and not to follow the western craze for war, threats of war and living in the fear of war? Would India remove the China bogeyman and stop allowing the West to use this excuse to drive a wedge between the two Asian powers?
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One thing about redbean, is once some Asian cuntrees have fought in the past, we can naturally expect them to hold grudges in the present, and sooner of later it is expected that they fight again.
ReplyDeleteMutual trade is the best way to maintain peace. India and China together make up 40% of the world's population. If they can maintain close economic and social ties for a few decades, it is a reasonable assumption to make to say that the probability of ChIndia ending up as the world's LARGEST owner of PRIVATE PROPERTY. By "private property' I don't just mean land, but buildings, infrastructure, enterprises, patents, rights and equity, etc.
As a trading block they might eat the lunch of other less competitive states -- especially Asian states, who might turn to Uncle Sam for "help", or if Uncle Sam is by then already kaput-bankrupt, then go to Uncle Vladimir. The EU states are likely to be owned outright by the Indians and Chinese, who will buy not only their debt, but their buildings, farmland, transport and energy infrastructure, and perhaps radio frequency bands since ChIndia telcos are turning out to be the worlds largest.
Veritas, at the rate the Indian elites are penetrating the West esp USA, they will soon rule America. Many are head honchos of American corporations and even in state institutions.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Singapore will be next.
The two countries have so much to gain by talking trade and cooperation than harping on an illusive war. Who is the likely candidate to start another war? India or China?
ReplyDeleteVery likelty will be the one that has constantly been crying wolf.
The Indian sub-continent was not part of Asia until it slammed into it, & created an impact n produced the Himalayan mountains range 2400 km lonh arc 10 millions yr ago.
ReplyDeleteAfter so many years working with the west, india poor just gets poorer. If the new india PM is truthful to his own people, he will cooperate with china because only china can help uplift the poor in India.
ReplyDeleteIndia should send more talents to become Americans and run for Presidency. Then India can take over the USA and become the world's Number One Super Power.
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