Online debate on India-China ties in Beijing newspaper site

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Online debate on India-China ties in Beijing newspaper site​

Saibal Dasgupta, TNN, Dec 1, 2009, 06.41pm IST

BEIJING: Global Times, a newspaper linked to the Communist Party of China, has initiated an Internet debate on whether India and China are partners or competitors.

"A debate themed "Are China and India competitors or partners?" is going on at the forum of the website, Please join us now!,” the paper’s website announced at the top of the web page inviting readers to join the discussion.

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The debate comes soon after three other topics discussed on the newspaper’s forum. They are: “Will India be a big threat to China?”; “The China-India border conflict again!” and “Will India attack China?”.

Though readers are free to propose new threads for discussion and carry forward the debate, it is clear that the newspaper is encouraging India-China relationship to be discussed by putting up the announcement on the top of front page of its website.

An editorial, “India’s unwise military moves” published in June had remained at the top of the list of most discussed editorials on the newspaper’s web site for months. The paper also carried out an online poll in June, which showed that “90 per cent of participants believe India poses a big threat to China after India announced it would dispatch 60,000 troops to the border with China”.

Interestingly, a large number of readers responding to the debates say the two countries should learn to live peacefully for the good of the region and the world as a whole.

One of the readers has published detailed maps and drawings on India’s defense capabilities at the forum while trying to prove that India is powerful enough for China to be worried about.

Online debate on India-China ties in Beijing newspaper site - China - World - The Times of India

 

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The world is too small for two giants.

There are scarcity of food, water, energy and all to support two billion plus populous countries with huge economy, military etc.

There is huge scarcity of resources in China.

China has only 10% arable land, India has 60%.

Our knowledge sector, education system, private companies etc.

India's problem is politicians and bureaucrats. On the other hand Chinese government is doing everything possible even unethical, incursions etc. And India is progressing like a elephant slowly but steadily and irony is that the government is not contributing towards it.

India even not utilities half or its arable land, 5% of minerals and resources. One can safely say that India is not even utilizing its 10% potential and progressing second fastest in the world.

What India will do when it will starts using its true potential.

This is the reason Chinese are scared, jealous of India and sees it as a threat.

 

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Indians offer help to China shipping
By James Lamont in New Delhi and Geoff Dyer in Beijing

Published: February 18 2010 02:00 | Last updated: February 18 2010 02:00

New Delhi offered Beijing the protection of its navy yesterday to help China secure shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean that are crucial to the energy needs of its fast-growing economy.

Pallam Raju, India's defence minister, said India was "happy" to assist China in keeping open sea lanes between the Middle East and Asia and guard against piracy or conflict.

The minister said New Delhi "understands that [China] needed to protect its oil interests", in explanation of an increasing Chinese presence across the Indian Ocean. "It's about oil," he said.

Mr Raju's appeal for -collaboration contrasts with anxieties among naval officers and policymakers about the encroachment by China in the Indian Ocean.

They view the building of ports in Gwadar in Pakistan and Hambantota in Sri Lanka and the construction of a special economic zone in Mauritius with suspicion.

Though built for commercial purposes, India's military says the facilities could -easily be turned over for use by warships.

Yet military analysts believe China is a long way from having a worldwide network of military bases.

The offer coincides with a debate in Chinese academic and military circles on overseas military facilities.

China has long eschewed overseas bases, which it believed would be expensive and diplomatically risky, especially given its policy of non-interference in other countries' affairs.

However, as the result of its participation in antipiracy operations off Somalia last year, there has been talk of the need to improve support and supply lines in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.