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But expresses belief that New Delhi will likely emerge stronger by overcoming obstacles
The first ever blue book on India released in China by a prominent official Beijing publisher has portrayed a government in serious crisis, but expressed the belief that India would likely emerge as a stronger country by conquering its current obstacles.
Chinese think tanks release blue books every year on a number of issues. While not representing the governments view, the books are put together by official think tanks and the projects are understood to be given tacit backing by the government.
The first ever blue book on India was released here on Friday by the Social Sciences Academy Press, detailing political, economic, foreign policy and defence issues for the year 2011-12. The book runs into more than 300 pages, and was compiled by Yunnan University, which has one of Chinas biggest South Asia programmes.
According to a brief summary, the book sees India as weighed down by a number of crises particularly corruption scandals but also details Indias rising military strength, which it sees as being partly directed at China.
It ultimately expresses the optimistic view that India would emerge stronger from the current period of difficulty. The Chinese saying which says many difficulties can make a country prosperous reflects Indias problems and hope, the book concludes.
The book, however, sees India today as a country beset with numerous challenges, saying the current Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government was facing its most serious crisis since it came to power in 2009.
It pointed to frequent corruption scandals, divisions within the UPA and public anger at the economic situation as leaving Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs government with a tarnished image amid declining public trust. It saw the year 2011-12, which the report covers, as among the worst since Indias remarkable achievements after reforms in 1991. The book estimates that by 2030, Indias population will exceed that of Chinas.
On the foreign policy front, the blue book notes that India has focused on boosting relations with its neighbours in South Asia, pushed forward peace with Pakistan and developed strategic relations with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal countries with which China has also recently deepened economic ties.
It sees the United States pivot to Asia and strengthening of alliances in the region viewed by most analysts in China as being directed to contain Beijing as accelerating Indias Look East policy, observing that Indias defence cooperation with the U.S., Japan, Vietnam and Australia has warmed.
DUAL FOCUS
On military strategy, it argues that Indias defence policy has undergone an adjustment from focusing on Pakistan to a dual focus on China and Pakistan, including a consideration of the possibility of a limited two-front war.
To this end, the book says, India has expanded military forces on the border with China and also expanded its naval power towards the east.
Keywords: China think tanks, China blue book, Chinese diplomacy, Sino-Indian relation, China's India policy, India economic growth
Link - China
The first ever blue book on India released in China by a prominent official Beijing publisher has portrayed a government in serious crisis, but expressed the belief that India would likely emerge as a stronger country by conquering its current obstacles.
Chinese think tanks release blue books every year on a number of issues. While not representing the governments view, the books are put together by official think tanks and the projects are understood to be given tacit backing by the government.
The first ever blue book on India was released here on Friday by the Social Sciences Academy Press, detailing political, economic, foreign policy and defence issues for the year 2011-12. The book runs into more than 300 pages, and was compiled by Yunnan University, which has one of Chinas biggest South Asia programmes.
According to a brief summary, the book sees India as weighed down by a number of crises particularly corruption scandals but also details Indias rising military strength, which it sees as being partly directed at China.
It ultimately expresses the optimistic view that India would emerge stronger from the current period of difficulty. The Chinese saying which says many difficulties can make a country prosperous reflects Indias problems and hope, the book concludes.
The book, however, sees India today as a country beset with numerous challenges, saying the current Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government was facing its most serious crisis since it came to power in 2009.
It pointed to frequent corruption scandals, divisions within the UPA and public anger at the economic situation as leaving Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs government with a tarnished image amid declining public trust. It saw the year 2011-12, which the report covers, as among the worst since Indias remarkable achievements after reforms in 1991. The book estimates that by 2030, Indias population will exceed that of Chinas.
On the foreign policy front, the blue book notes that India has focused on boosting relations with its neighbours in South Asia, pushed forward peace with Pakistan and developed strategic relations with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal countries with which China has also recently deepened economic ties.
It sees the United States pivot to Asia and strengthening of alliances in the region viewed by most analysts in China as being directed to contain Beijing as accelerating Indias Look East policy, observing that Indias defence cooperation with the U.S., Japan, Vietnam and Australia has warmed.
DUAL FOCUS
On military strategy, it argues that Indias defence policy has undergone an adjustment from focusing on Pakistan to a dual focus on China and Pakistan, including a consideration of the possibility of a limited two-front war.
To this end, the book says, India has expanded military forces on the border with China and also expanded its naval power towards the east.
Keywords: China think tanks, China blue book, Chinese diplomacy, Sino-Indian relation, China's India policy, India economic growth
Link - China
