After Wen, new China rulers seal their lips on India

[anant_s]

BEIJING: For the fourth year in a row, a Chinese premier has avoided discussing India during his once-a-year press conference, held at the end of the parliamentary session. The conscious move to avoid discussing China's biggest neighbour is a conscious policy move that deserves to be closely studied, observers and analysts of China-India relations said.

New premier Li Keqiang fielded questions from journalists from different countries including Russia, another neighbour with which it has had troubles in the past, but did not call any of the three Indian journalists in Beijing at his annual presser on Sunday. He also discussed China's competition with the US presence which, the Chinese say, is geared towards expanding American sphere of influence in the Asia Pacific.

Former foreign minister Yang Jeichi, who held a press conference before leaving office recently, discussed several countries including Japan and Russia but kept India out of his conversations with the media. Former premier Wen Jiabao did not discussed Beijing's relations with New Delhi in his annual press conferences during the last three years.

Sources said these are signs that the Chinese leadership does not want to discuss whether or not it would support India's claim for a seat in the Security Council or China's arms supply to Pakistan.

China is also worried that any comment on India may spark off a controversy and a slanging match between newspapers and television in the two countries, sources said. Chinese leaders and officials have earlier complained about the Indian media exaggerating the differences between the two countries, and the government even sponsored a conference to discuss the role of media in the two countries.

Former premier Wen Jiabao had taken a question from the TOI correspondent in 2008 to specifically convey his thanks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for curbing anti-China demonstrations by some Tibetans in New Delhi in the run-up to the Beijing Olympic. But ever since, there has been a studious silence in Beijing's public posturing vis-a-vis New Delhi, which tends to reveal nuances. Chinese leaders have been silent on India, leaving the matter of issuing statements to foreign ministry spokespersons.

After Wen, new China rulers seal their lips on India - The Times of India

 

[kawaraj]

TOI can really make stories about this, fact could be simple and true that India falls beyond China's attention.

What's in China's attention is the American-competition, Russia-ally, and Japanese islands-row/economic integrition.

I view China as a country who has focus and attend to it.

 

[djsjs]

another difference between Chinese and Indians.we would feel very happy if nobody talk about us in their Parliament or government,isnt it good not being watched by others.?i hope,as revenge indians dont talk anything about us.

 

[Spring Onion]

and i thought Indians were only rondus about not mentioning by Wen in his conference seems Indians are also demanding their name to be mentioned by newcomer in his press conference also

 

[Mike_Brando]

another difference between Chinese and Indians.we would feel very happy if nobody talk about us in their Parliament or government,isnt it good not being watched by others.?i hope,as revenge indians dont talk anything about us.

mate i actually support China in this regard!you guys don't talk about us,we won't talk about you and thus in this way the status quo will be maintained between us and our media won't get anything to hype the tension between the two countries.period!

 

[Skull and Bones]

Stop posting such ridiculous threads.

 

[neehar]

stupid media

 

[Srinivas]

and i thought Indians were only rondus about not mentioning by Wen in his conference seems Indians are also demanding their name to be mentioned by newcomer in his press conference also

Not saying anything about India means Chinese may have no clarity when it comes to foreign relations with India(a Dilemma ).

Or they may be in the process of policy making about India - Chinese relations

 

[anant_s]

Stop posting such ridiculous threads.

Note Taken!

 

[Spring Onion]

Not saying anything about India means Chinese may have no clarity when it comes to foreign relations with India(a Dilemma ).

Or they may be in the process of policy making about India - Chinese relations

Probabaly it shows their clarity about their own Chinese priorities than otherway round. And Chinese priorities means progress for the country instead of getting paranoid viz a viz India or even US.

 

[Srinivas]

Probabaly it shows their clarity about their own Chinese priorities than otherway round. And Chinese priorities means progress for the country instead of getting paranoid viz a viz India or even US.

Foreign policies are not about paranoia, If they feel India is a threat they would have minced their words and would have said some good words about India - China relationship.

That confirms they are gauging their relationship with India and may be we will see their official foreign policy with India in the near future.

There is lot of back channel diplomacy happening between India and China regarding S.Asia and Afghanistan. So I don't think India is not in their foreign policy.

 

[Spring Onion]

Foreign policies are not about paranoia, If they feel India is a threat they would have minced their words and would have said some good words about India - China relationship.

That confirms they are gauging their relationship with India and may be we will see their official foreign policy with India in the near future.

There is lot of back channel diplomacy happening between India and China regarding S.Asia and Afghanistan. So I don't think India is not in their foreign policy.

Their threat perception is not India centeric simple as that .

And they dont go after paranoid statements unlike India and its media.

 

[Srinivas]

Their threat perception is not India centeric simple as that .

And they dont go after paranoid statements unlike India and its media.

Dude foreign policy is not only about threats, it is also about cooperation in different fields like trade,strategic,defense and culture.

 

[Ayush]

in fact that was good on their part.if calling names lead to blame games,then it was mature.