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China invites India to join maritime silk route - Free Press Journal


New Delhi/Beijing : China has suggested a maritime dialogue with India covering two ‘silk roads’ for cooperation among South Asian nations to improve connectivity, trade and to keep the sea lanes safe.
The idea inviting India to join the Martime Silk Road (MSR) was mooted at the talks between the special representatives of the two countries Shiv Shankar Menon and Yang Jeichi in Delhi earlier this week.
China’s Special Representative Yang Jiechi has conveyed Beijing’s wish in this regard to his Indian counterpart Shivshankar Menon, a Chinese official said. India’s response was the positive, the official added.
Sources in Delhi said “we have just decided. When we will sit across the table we will discuss the maritime policy.” Sri Lanka has already conveyed its willingness to back the initiative to build MSR during the just concluded visit of its Foreign Minister G L Peiris.
Elaborating on the MSR, she said it was still an idea in making.
“This initiative is just an idea for cooperation. It is an open ended platform. The purpose is to integrate all kinds of ongoing cooperation especially cooperation on connectivity in the spirit of (ancient) silk road so that they can connect with each other and promote each other and accelerate regional countries’ common development
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. “In this end China adopts an open attitude. We also hope to see good suggestions from other countries so as to substantiate this idea,” she said. The MSR was mooted last year with countries of Southeast Asia by President Xi Jinping during his visit to Indonesia and Malaysia where he stated that the MSR would help turn the “Golden Decade” between China and Southeast Asian Countries into “Diamond Decade”. Simultaneously, China also worked to revive the ancient Silk Route which existed 2,000 years to with a host of Central Asian states. Besides MSR, China has proposed the Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM) corridor to improve trade and businesses among all the four countries. Sources said China has just proposed the maritime dialogue and it would discuss it across the table at an appropriate time. Sri Lanka is also involved in the exercise. “This will be a new dialogue. We don’t have any dates,” the sources said. On the boundary question, the talks between the SRs were friendly and warm. Out of seven hours of discussion, two-and-a-half hours was devoted to border and boundary settlement. The Chinese side has also suggested a code of conduct between the two armies on the border. Referring to the border defence cooperation agreement reached with China during Prime Minister’s visit in September, sources said the two countries were trying to sort out differences on the border which are already narrowing down. Maintaining peace and tranquility on the border was of foremost importance, they said. As part of the defence dialogue, a delegation headed by Chief of Army staff from China is arriving here on February 24 for defence exchanges. Japan was also discussed between the two countries. China briefed India on its differences with Japan and said there was nothing to worry about. They also took note of the India-Japan joint statement issued during Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s visit last month to India.
 
Interesting !!! Something fishy again like 1961... Another Panchsheel and hindi chini bhai bhai..
 
India's target:
A. Keep China off the Indian Ocean region.
B. Reduce the trade deficit with China. Increase the trade volume.
C. Make China friendless in it's neighbourhood.
D. Club China with Japan/Vietnam/South-Korea in any multi-party deal.

Why does China keeps talking about "ancient this.....ancient that"?
Even if the deal is beneficial, we must get it done under a new interpretation and not under China's interpretation of "History". We know well how China interprets the History.
 
India's target:
A. Keep China off the Indian Ocean region.
B. Reduce the trade deficit with China. Increase the trade volume.
C. Make China friendless in it's neighbourhood.
D. Club China with Japan/Vietnam/South-Korea in any multi-party deal.

Why does China keeps talking about "ancient this.....ancient that"?
Even if the deal is beneficial, we must get it done under a new interpretation and not under China's interpretation of "History". We know well how China interprets the History.

This may be a strategy to nip in bud the emerging Indo-Japanese alliance by engaging India .

Interesting !!! Something fishy again like 1961... Another Panchsheel and hindi chini bhai bhai..

Well India needs to trade carefully with respect to China .

It's words do not match its action always ....

all I can see is attempt to enter Indian Ocean region on pretext of trade and forestall any possible ASEAN maritime buildup ...
 
India's target:
A. Keep China off the Indian Ocean region.
B. Reduce the trade deficit with China. Increase the trade volume.
C. Make China friendless in it's neighbourhood.
D. Club China with Japan/Vietnam/South-Korea in any multi-party deal.

Why does China keeps talking about "ancient this.....ancient that"?
Even if the deal is beneficial, we must get it done under a new interpretation and not under China's interpretation of "History". We know well how China interprets the History.

lol

A. Maybe, but your navy isn't really improving that fast. You are improving in certain areas, but not really in numbers. The technology is also no overly impressive.

B. It's not a communist plot to have this deficit, if you got goods that is a good quality to the price and have the service to go with it, China will buy it why wouldn't we. But at this moment, it's mostly raw materials going to China and finished products going to India, so unless you improve your manufacturing by a huge margin, it won't dramatically change the balance cause China now makes everything. Or you can place a ton of protectionist policies.

C. What neighborhood? The neighborhood where we are the biggest trading nation for all ASEAN? The East Asian neighborhood, where we are again one of the biggest trade nations? South Asia where nations such as Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh like us? Relationship between nations is not the same as between people, or maybe it is. Interests reign supreme.

D. That might work, if Japan sees you as a equal or if India or Japan has the strategic force projection necessary in which only the US has and France and Britain sort of has. Or if South Koreans want to fight China, or if Vietnam can make a difference.


As to your last comment, a new interpretation of what? If you don't like it don't join. No one is forcing you. It says inviting not threatening.
 
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India's target:
A. Keep China off the Indian Ocean region.
B. Reduce the trade deficit with China. Increase the trade volume.
C. Make China friendless in it's neighbourhood.
D. Club China with Japan/Vietnam/South-Korea in any multi-party deal.

Why does China keeps talking about "ancient this.....ancient that"?
Even if the deal is beneficial, we must get it done under a new interpretation and not under China's interpretation of "History". We know well how China interprets the History.

Yearh, we all know your Indian's ABCD dreams :lol: any tangible results yet??? while China has fun to exercise Indian's courter-parts ABCD :lol:

Why we keep talking about Ancient this and that???? because we like to deal with small kingdoms of that time, and India was never exist :lol:..and according to Winston Churchill ,India "is merely a geographical expression. It is no more a single country than the Equator...happy with my answer now?:sarcastic:
 
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This may be a strategy to nip in bud the emerging Indo-Japanese alliance by engaging India .

Well India needs to trade carefully with respect to China .

It's words do not match its action always ....

all I can see is attempt to enter Indian Ocean region on pretext of trade and forestall any possible ASEAN maritime buildup ...

Lol Indian's IQ, China propose India to join maritime silk route, and Indian think high of themself :lol: we're not on solften our stand just because Japan is trying to cozy with India. We like to keep friend close and Enemy even closer under this proposal. :lol: Either India like to join this maritime silk route or not, we still will procede to go ahead, If you have any suspicious about this proposal, you can create your own trade route, no one is twisting your arms to join us.
 
I don't think India has much choice here. It can either participate compliantly in a China-led framework for trade in the Indian Ocean region, or be strangled via our string of pearls in their very backyard. It's not a very hard task for the #1 trading power. Either way, when it comes to Indian Ocean trade, China will be calling the shots.
 
Keep the safeties off on ones firearm when dealing with the chinese.We must look into the details of this gibberish and find out why the chinese are pushing it forward.
We must try to alienate china and form an anti china coalition of sorts that actively co-operates and syncs to counter china and reduce its power.
In the end our goal should be to make it clear that the Indian ocean is our ocean.

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Lol Indian's IQ, China propose India to join maritime silk route, and Indian think high of themself :lol: we're not on solften our stand just because Japan is trying to cozy with India. We like to keep friend close and Enemy even closer under this proposal. :lol: Either India like to join this maritime silk route or not, we still will procede to go ahead, If you have any suspicious about this proposal, you can create your own trade route, no one is twisting your arms to join us.

We have every reason to believe that China is not happy with our alliance with Japan and will do everything to break that alliance.

Your fixation with Indian IQ is noted . Grow up and discuss it sincerely if you are really interested .
Your attempt to flame people by referring to Indian IQ here ...demonstrates all you are interested is in trolling. and same will be reported if you continue to do so .
 
China propose India to join maritime silk route, and Indian think high of themself :lol: Either India like to join this maritime silk route or not, we still will procede to go ahead,

NOT INTERESTED - TAKE A HIKE

You should have taken the hint by just 4 or 5 Indian posts on this thread all day.:lol:
 
NOT INTERESTED - TAKE A HIKE

You should have taken the hint by just 4 or 5 Indian posts on this thread all day.:lol:

Sure non Indians are not interested but Indian gorvernment seem interested :lol: we will reserve the toilette seat for your gorvernment over this Marinitime slik route committee.:lol:
 
We have every reason to believe that China is not happy with our alliance with Japan and will do everything to break that alliance.

Your fixation with Indian IQ is noted . Grow up and discuss it sincerely if you are really interested .
Your attempt to flame people by referring to Indian IQ here ...demonstrates all you are interested is in trolling. and same will be reported if you continue to do so .

Indian just like to delude himself, China-Pakistan alliance make India unhappy mean automatically Indo-Japanese alliance will make China unhappy? :o:we Chinese are just not Indian yet:lol:, your Indians inferior complexity way to see the world doesn't necessary mean China will see the same.

and tell me what kind of Alliance is this? buy some amphibian planes from Japan mean alliance? :lol: pathetic friendless India in South Asia is envy to have a durable friend such China-Pakistan all weather friendship. :lol: After been dumped by US during cold war and Soviet after cold war, India is so desperated to grap anyone on the path such Japan and proclaim as Indo-Japan alliance against China.:rofl:
 
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Sure non Indians are not interested but Indian gorvernment seem interested :lol: we will reserve the toilette seat for your gorvernment over this Marinitime slik route committee.:lol:
Indian just like to delude himself, China-Pakistan alliance make India unhappy mean automatically Indo-Japanese alliance will make China unhappy? :o:we Chinese are just not Indian yet:lol:, your Indians inferior complexity way to see the world doesn't necessary mean China will see the same.

and tell me what kind of Alliance is this? buy some amphibian planes from Japan mean alliance? :lol: pathetic friendless India in South Asia has made it so envy to have a durable friend such China-Pakistan all weather friendship. :lol: After been dumped by US during cold war and Soviet after cold war, India is so desperated to grap anyone on the path such Japan and proclaim as Indo-Japan alliance against China.:rofl:

 
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