Is 'Chindia' Asia's new dream team?

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After a number of false starts in recent years, it seems that India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide election victory and a strong mandate have finally opened the way to a broad strategic partnership between Beijing and New Delhi.


Closer economic and political ties with China have been an important part of Mr. Modi's election program. He wants India to catch up and compete with China and, in order to do that, he advocates the need for "skills, scope and speed."


So far, he seems to have got the speed right. China and India have quickly moved to establish wide-ranging consultations on bilateral issues. China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang was the first foreign leader to place a congratulatory call after Mr. Modi's election, expressing Beijing's desire to set up a "robust partnership" with India. The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi followed with a visit to Delhi, and India's Vice President Hamid Ansari made a five-day trip to China where memoranda were signed about Chinese companies' plans to build industrial parks in India.
Is 'Chindia' Asia's new dream team?

 

[biswa]

Ha! Never under-estimate the Chinese disdain for India. And note that they are not a democracy.

 

[vgane]

We never got support from the West..Looking East may be a strategic option...

China is a major global player...We need to have friendly relations and engage with China to stop China from playing into the hands of Pakistan..

We should definitely cooperate with China ..But border concerns especially incursions in Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh by China are a matter of grave concern..Tiber is another sore point...

Cyber espionage by China on strategic installations is of grave concern..

Also dumping of goods by China is affecting the indigenous industry in India..

We also compete with China on several areas especially in Science, high tech industries, IT & ITES service sectors..

So we need to have more dialogue, have more people to people contacts and improve the bilateral relations between the 2 countries

 

[biswa]

The only thing China understands is renminbi. They have 0 spirituality. How can they be a match for India?

 

[Vaagmi]

China is not reliable. Even while making friendly noises India should always keep its powder dry for any eventuality. Jawaharlal Nehru forgot this golden ru,e and paid dearly. India could never get back its respect in the eyes of the world after its debacle in a war with China thrust on it by China. When Nehru had grandiose dreams about panchsheel as the sheet anchor for relations with China and Hindi Chini Bhai bhai to be the rallying slogan, Chinese quietly sharpened their knives to drive them hard. They not only drove them hard into the back of Indians , they twisted it too mercilessly. They are dangerous and unreliable. They covet our assets and they will never be happy if we prosper. They claim Bhutan, the entire North east (earlier called NEFA and now called northeastern states) and already possess a chunk of Kashmir illegally ("donated" by Pakistan-கடைத்தேங்காயை வாங்கி வழிப்பிள்ளையாருக்கு உடைத்த கதை). Using WTO concessions, they dump their junk in world markets including Indian Markets.

We have to keep a working relationship with the neighbour and China being a neighbour deserves extending a hand in friendship. But nothing more. Militarily India need not feel intimidated because India too is a nuclear power with second strike delivery capabilities. India too is geographically a large country to take and survive a first strike. We need only to strengthen the border infrastructure to prevail in localised skirmishes.

China's past history as far india is concerned is replete with cheating, stabbing and ridiculing. And that will not be forgotten.

 

[biswa]

Well on this post, I totally agree with Mr. Vaagmi. Well said!

 

[sarang]

Both china and pakistan have waged wars with india. Even if the border related issues are settled to the satisfaction of china, it wants to be a domineering power in asia, and its actions will be guided by this policy. Pakistan wants to destroy india and its way of life, and will remain an eternal enemy till global islamic expansion is thwarted. Both are enemies and india has to be ever alert in its own interest.

 

[Brahmanyan]

Let us hope this does not end in another "Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai" of Nehru's time. Today is not the same China what it was during 60s, it is a strong nation under new leadership with modern thinking.

Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.

 

[Vaagmi]

China has problems with all its neighbours like japan India. Flexing muscles is a habit. Did you see the video footage in which the Indian military officer in the forward area was virtually pleading with the Chinese soldier to go back into his territory as he had intruded too far into India? There can not be any thing more embarrassing and demeaning to a soldier than that.