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India mum on Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo
BEIJING: India is not likely to congratulate Chinese dissident leader Liu Xiaobo for winning the Nobel prize for peace, informed sources told TOI. China is fuming over congratulatory messages being sent to him from western countries, and New Delhi is in no mood to open a new front of confrontation with Beijing.
The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday said it regarded these messages as attempts by foreign politicians to change the political system in China. "Some politicians in some countries are using this opportunity to make irresponsible remarks," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said.
"We also suspect their true motives... some people want to use this method to change China's political system or to slow down Chinese people's progress. Obviously, they're wrong if they think this will work," Zhaoxu said.
India is not alone is keeping quiet. Brazil and Russia, two other members of BRIC, and the Asean nations, have held back comments. So have countries in Africa and the Arab world. Most of the congratulatory messages have come from the western world.
"The decolonized world has learnt not to interfere in the internal affairs of each other," an Indian official said. India has paid a high price in terms of weakening of bilateral relationship with Myanmar after it hailed Aung San Suu Kyi for being awarded the 1991 Nobel prize for peace. It has since been losing out on lucrative oil, gas and other business contracts from Myanmar.
Many believe one reason for congratulatory messages pouring in from the west is that politicians in Europe and North America are under severe pressure from human rights groups. China has apparently made it clear that these countries will be made to pay a price for what it regards as an insult to China's legal system. Zhaoxu did not confirm or deny whether China will allow Liu's wife to travel to Oslo to receive the prize while he remains in jail serving his 11-year sentence.
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Source: ToI
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India mum on Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo
BEIJING: India is not likely to congratulate Chinese dissident leader Liu Xiaobo for winning the Nobel prize for peace, informed sources told TOI. China is fuming over congratulatory messages being sent to him from western countries, and New Delhi is in no mood to open a new front of confrontation with Beijing.
The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday said it regarded these messages as attempts by foreign politicians to change the political system in China. "Some politicians in some countries are using this opportunity to make irresponsible remarks," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said.
"We also suspect their true motives... some people want to use this method to change China's political system or to slow down Chinese people's progress. Obviously, they're wrong if they think this will work," Zhaoxu said.
India is not alone is keeping quiet. Brazil and Russia, two other members of BRIC, and the Asean nations, have held back comments. So have countries in Africa and the Arab world. Most of the congratulatory messages have come from the western world.
"The decolonized world has learnt not to interfere in the internal affairs of each other," an Indian official said. India has paid a high price in terms of weakening of bilateral relationship with Myanmar after it hailed Aung San Suu Kyi for being awarded the 1991 Nobel prize for peace. It has since been losing out on lucrative oil, gas and other business contracts from Myanmar.
Many believe one reason for congratulatory messages pouring in from the west is that politicians in Europe and North America are under severe pressure from human rights groups. China has apparently made it clear that these countries will be made to pay a price for what it regards as an insult to China's legal system. Zhaoxu did not confirm or deny whether China will allow Liu's wife to travel to Oslo to receive the prize while he remains in jail serving his 11-year sentence.
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Source: ToI
