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Japan cannot rely on India to counter China
China's President Xi Jinping, the first leader of major power to visit India after the establishment of the new Indian government, has finished his state visit. This was the firststate visit of China's president to India in eight years.
Xi met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 64th birthday at his home state ofGujarat. This visit was a symbol of mutual respect between India and China, and has beenseen as the first step in establishing a personal relationship between the top leaders of thetwo countries.
Mr Modi was on a state visit to Japan early this month. Some commentators in Japansuggested that the leaders of Japan and India were aiming to build a strategiccounterweight to China.
The suggestions are groundless.
India, the 'giant elephant' of South Asia, operates an independent foreign policy. No majorpowers - including Japan and the U.S. - will succeed in imposing their will on India. India'sprudent foreign policy is decided by India's practical interests.
Indian leaders often point out that you can choose your friends but you cannot choose yourneighbors. It is of indispensable strategic value for India to cooperate with China on afriendly basis. How India manages its other relationships is another story. To be goodneighbors with China has significant geopolitical implications, and is of all-around benefit toboth India and China.
Friendly relations between neighboring countries are a basic precondition for health inother foreign affairs, and this applies especially to India today. It can be clearly assertedthat the stronger the Sino-India relationship is, the better India will be able to manage itsrelationships with the U.S. and Japan.
China is widely considered to be the biggest rival to the U.S. and Japan. Both the U.S. andJapan are inclined to look for allies to help them counter China. These two countries will tryto discourage India from any rapprochement with China if the two countries seem to begetting too close. However, they will want bilateral relationships to be improved if there isa downturn.
China is comparable to Japan on a global strategic level. It is stupid of Japan to try tooppose China.
China is seeking long-term benefits from its relationship with India. The Sino-Indiarelationship is of independent strategic value and it has nothing to do with relationshipswith America and Japan. The Sino-India bond has been improving for many years, betterthan many other foreign relationships. Rationality and perspective play dominant roles inSino-India relationships.
The governments of China and India take a practical and positive approach when it comesto territorial disputes between the two countries, in order not to damage their bilateralrelationship. This is a most reasonable approach in dealing with territorial disputes in Asia.It also provide the two countries with a new angle to manage this kind of dispute.
It is necessary to understand that China and India are complementary to each other.
The article is edited and translated from《社评：龙象拥抱，日本拉印制华派该钻地缝》,source: Global Times
China's President Xi Jinping, the first leader of major power to visit India after the establishment of the new Indian government, has finished his state visit. This was the firststate visit of China's president to India in eight years.
Xi met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 64th birthday at his home state ofGujarat. This visit was a symbol of mutual respect between India and China, and has beenseen as the first step in establishing a personal relationship between the top leaders of thetwo countries.
Mr Modi was on a state visit to Japan early this month. Some commentators in Japansuggested that the leaders of Japan and India were aiming to build a strategiccounterweight to China.
The suggestions are groundless.
India, the 'giant elephant' of South Asia, operates an independent foreign policy. No majorpowers - including Japan and the U.S. - will succeed in imposing their will on India. India'sprudent foreign policy is decided by India's practical interests.
Indian leaders often point out that you can choose your friends but you cannot choose yourneighbors. It is of indispensable strategic value for India to cooperate with China on afriendly basis. How India manages its other relationships is another story. To be goodneighbors with China has significant geopolitical implications, and is of all-around benefit toboth India and China.
Friendly relations between neighboring countries are a basic precondition for health inother foreign affairs, and this applies especially to India today. It can be clearly assertedthat the stronger the Sino-India relationship is, the better India will be able to manage itsrelationships with the U.S. and Japan.
China is widely considered to be the biggest rival to the U.S. and Japan. Both the U.S. andJapan are inclined to look for allies to help them counter China. These two countries will tryto discourage India from any rapprochement with China if the two countries seem to begetting too close. However, they will want bilateral relationships to be improved if there isa downturn.
China is comparable to Japan on a global strategic level. It is stupid of Japan to try tooppose China.
China is seeking long-term benefits from its relationship with India. The Sino-Indiarelationship is of independent strategic value and it has nothing to do with relationshipswith America and Japan. The Sino-India bond has been improving for many years, betterthan many other foreign relationships. Rationality and perspective play dominant roles inSino-India relationships.
The governments of China and India take a practical and positive approach when it comesto territorial disputes between the two countries, in order not to damage their bilateralrelationship. This is a most reasonable approach in dealing with territorial disputes in Asia.It also provide the two countries with a new angle to manage this kind of dispute.
It is necessary to understand that China and India are complementary to each other.
The article is edited and translated from《社评：龙象拥抱，日本拉印制华派该钻地缝》,source: Global Times
