India should be extremely
careful of China
External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj came back from her three-day visit to China with several
deliverables. Her trip was part of
preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit later in the year. As
reported in the Chinese media, President Xi himself has set the agenda for
taking bilateral ties to a new level by suggesting that the two countries seize
the “opportunity of the century” by combining their development strategies.
It is possible
that China is focussing on the Indian market. It also appears willing to
invest, following Prime Minister Modi’s “Make in India” call. We will have to wait
and see how Modi and Xi will behave when it comes to the decades-old boundary
dispute that keeps surfacing during major bilateral visits.
It seems that
President Barack Obama’s successful visit to India around Republic Day has not
dampened Beijing’s willingness to take relations with Delhi to the next level.
Interestingly, India while talking to the U.S. and its other allies in the
Asia-Pacific about safety in the sea-lanes, has agreed to set up a
“consultation mechanism” on Asia-Pacific affairs with China and Russia.
Now along with
Boundary dispute there is no harm if we concentrate on Trade imbalance with
China too. In this healthy environment we need to increase our export to gain
more profit from our relations. We
should understand the strategy of China. China uses India as a Market for its
product by keeping aside boundary dispute.
India doesn't
trust any of its neighbouring countries who have borders with it such as
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, China...etc. All India's friendly countries
are thousands of miles away such as Australia, USA and some Western countries. USA
is a friend to India because Americans just want to counter China.
As time has proved
umpteen times, the yellow man always smiles on your face and peels your skin
aback. Never has it gone false. Let it be the Tibetan issue or so with that
with its neighbours, they still believe that one can bully another into her
lines. China's words can never be believed and we need to see progress in
action on the ground before committing to anything with them. On the question
of resolving the boundary dispute, the Chinese have never been interested in
that because they feel that time is on their side due to the growing disparity
between our two nations with every passing day. They are waiting therefore to
strike a hard bargain at the most appropriate time chosen by them to achieve
greatest benefit for themselves. India must play a careful game, a reverse
non-alignment perhaps. That is, we will align with both the groups, the Asian
pivot of the US and the emerging Russia-China axis to gain maximum benefits for
us at the least risk while protecting our own interests. This is a very
high-stakes and dangerous game. We have no other option.
It will be very
interesting to see how India balances both US and China simultaneously. While
US wants to tackle China by coming close to India, China wants to surpass US in
each and every sector and its interest will be best safeguarded only by keeping
India away from US. India can’t easily trust a country which has always
supported Pakistan, vetoed against India in the UN and trade cannot happen under
shadows of guns.
Everything
regarding China and India being good partners is illusion. It’s China who has
been profiting maximum from India-China trade hence its not at disadvantage to China
since they are making profit out of such country who take them as enemy and
also help their economy.
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