India, China move towards holding joint military exercises

[Water Car Engineer]

Months after suspending the high-level defence exchanges, India appears to be moving to resume military manoeuvres with China as indications emerged on Tuesday that the two countries could be holding joint exercises in the near future.

The indications emerged on the eve of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao in Sanya and amid apparent Chinese moves to reverse its two-year-old policy of granting stapled visas to Indian nationals hailing from Jammu and Kashmir.

“The joint exercises would be held,” a source said here when asked whether the military exercises will resume.

The source pointed out that some level of defence contact like border flag meeting had always been maintained even after high-level military exchanges were suspended after the Northern Army Commander Lt. Gen. B.S. Jaswal was given a visa on a loose sheet because he was serving in the State.

On the stapled visa issue, the sources noted that there was some movement but India will have to wait and watch how things evolve.

They said the two countries will have to work quietly on this without making any announcements.

China had in 2008 started the practice of issuing visas on loose sheets of paper to people from Jammu and Kashmir, which was seen here as questioning India’s sovereignty over the State.

This had been an irritant in bilateral relations and the matter had snowballed into a major controversy last July after the Jaswal episode.

The Prime Minister had taken up the stapled visa issue with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Vietnam in October last year when they had met on the sidelines of ASEAN Summit.

The issue was again raised in December with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao when he visited here.

The sources pointed out that political and economic relations between India and China had been growing and that the borders were also calm.

On the building of infrastructure by China along its borders with India, the sources said India was also doing so on its side of the border to catch up with its eastern neighbours.

It was pointed out that 78 road projects were expected to be completed by India by 2012 and all but eight would be finished on time. The remaining eight will take a little longer.

Dr. Singh and Mr. Hu will meet in Sanya on Wednesday and are expected to discuss furthering bilateral relations.

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[Leader]

that would be interesting

 

[Obambam]

I would prefer to have Pakistan with us in these kind of military exercise. One, it removes elements of animosity. Two, it will help better the relationship of the three neighbouring countries. It is better to make full use of the occassion.

 

[Mech]

I would prefer to have Pakistan with us in these kind of military exercise. One, it removes elements of animosity. Two, it will help better the relationship of the three neighbouring countries. It is better to make full use of the occassion.

"You" would like it. Such an exercise would kick up a political shitstorm in pakistan and india. The proverbial "turd" will finally hit the fan

As for relations, military exercises are hardly a platform to improve ties. The general picture being painted about pakistan is similiar to a baby flailing its arms in desperation, caught in a crossfire.

 

[Mech]

Not to mention, china would never want pakistan normalising relations in the first place.

 

[Varad]

They have stopped issuing stapled visa to J& K residents quietly after Wen Jiabao's visit. But India still wants China to make a public statement. Good work by our diplomats. If things go smooth we can resume ties.

 

[blackops]

i want to see an exercise between the two airforces just like the red flag and all

 

[applesauce]

i want to see an exercise between the two airforces just like the red flag and all

india sends some old migs and china some old j-7s ?

 

[axisofevil]

india sends some old migs and china some old j-7s ?

Keep it real .....change your name to Soy Sauce..

 

[pari.mehta]

wow sorry bout the other fellas hostility,
Anyways, good development, i really dont tow rising nations that are eradicating centuries of poverty to be fighting.
I know we share a history but its good that some are focusing on the future of the two nations. (3 if you add Pakistan)

 

[applesauce]

Keep it real .....change your name to Soy Sauce..

sigh.. here i am promoting peace through exercises that would see no loss of security and here you are making racists statements(and getting thanked by other Indians), i changed my mind the two countries will never get along but its ok i suppose we're getting stronger than you day by day as the gap(in nearly every field) widens

 

[true_indian]

sigh.. here i am promoting peace through exercises that would see no loss of security and here you are making racists statements(and getting thanked by other Indians), i changed my mind the two countries will never get along but its ok i suppose we're getting stronger than you day by day as the gap(in nearly every field) widens

Very true.

 

[KS]

sigh.. here i am promoting peace through exercises that would see no loss of security and here you are making racists statements(and getting thanked by other Indians), i changed my mind the two countries will never get along but its ok i suppose we're getting stronger than you day by day as the gap(in nearly every field) widens

Lol just don't forget that this is interwebz dude.

Neither is he Manmohan Singh nor you are Hu Jintao

 

[applesauce]

Lol just don't forget that this is interwebz dude.

Neither is he Manmohan Singh nor you are Hu Jintao

the internet can still affect how one sees a group of people based on their "representatives" on the internet

 

[pari.mehta]

the internet can still affect how one sees a group of people

i did that for a while, ( i wont even tell you what i thought about the Japanese and the Germans after seeing some of the stuff some of them seem to like) and i have 1 little thing to say, dont. the interwebs give the same volume to a univ prof and some idiot on the road.

know that stupid is EVERYWHERE!, the web just gave stupid a voice, a loud and....... well, stupid voice.
and again, sorry bout the dumb racists here