Sir, a lot of countries can be considered judases by that measure. As long as China keeps blocking our bids for UNSC seat, entry into NSG and other forums for representing our 1.2 billion people, we will not have shared goals.
China can be a global super power but it can not and will not be allowed to treat the rest of Asia as it's playground.
Countries have to make unsavory deals with 'white' countries to ward off a greater threat
Exactly!
Forget UNSC, the NSG membership was purely a symbolic privilege for India, but still China went out of its way to deny India that. Masood Azhar, Hafeez Sayeed and their groups had no practical usage for China but still they went ahead and cockblocked the resolution for action against known international terrorists. China wantonly violated sleepy, frozen borders, that saw no action for more than half century, several times, including once when their own President was visiting India, making use of the unsettled nature of the borders. They went ahead with CPEC despite India's protests about its supposed route passing through a well-known and disputed territories of J&K.
I think there is a pattern in how China has been acting vis-à-vis India recently and I wonder if this is part of their official doctrine to be overtly confrontational with neighbors that don't tow their line - even when there is NOTHING to be gained. I can't tell if China simply wants to test India's appetite for trouble or just their new found wealth acting up. But this is very uncharacteristic of the always-calculating Chinese mentality that we have been accustomed to.
In the process, they overdid it so much that there is no incentive anymore for India (and several of her other neighbors for that matter) to be co-operative or even friendly with China even in places where they historically did.
I know that India and China are more likely to be competitors than friends in future due to competition for resources/influence/markets, but China simply exposed her cards too early.
All for almost NOTHING!
Sir, a lot of countries can be considered judases by that measure. As long as China keeps blocking our bids for UNSC seat, entry into NSG and other forums for representing our 1.2 billion people, we will not have shared goals.
China can be a global super power but it can not and will not be allowed to treat the rest of Asia as it's playground.
Countries have to make unsavory deals with 'white' countries to ward off a greater threat
Exactly!
Forget UNSC, the NSG membership was purely a symbolic privilege for India, but still China went out of its way to deny India that. Masood Azhar, Hafeez Sayeed and their groups had no practical usage for China but still they went ahead and cockblocked the resolution for action against known international terrorists. China wantonly violated sleepy, frozen borders, that saw no action for more than half century, several times, including once when their own President was visiting India, making use of the unsettled nature of the borders. They went ahead with CPEC despite India's protests about its supposed route passing through a well-known and disputed territories of J&K.
I think there is a pattern in how China has been acting vis-à-vis India recently and I wonder if this is part of their official doctrine to be overtly confrontational with neighbors that don't tow their line - even when there is NOTHING to be gained. I can't tell if China simply wants to test India's appetite for trouble or just their new found wealth acting up. But this is very uncharacteristic of the always-calculating Chinese mentality that we have been accustomed to.
In the process, they overdid it so much that there is no incentive anymore for India (and several of her other neighbors for that matter) to be co-operative or even friendly with China even in places where they historically did.
I know that India and China are more likely to be competitors than friends in future due to competition for resources/influence/markets, but China simply exposed her cards too early.
All for almost NOTHING!
