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As if on cue, the Bharati machinery has gone full speed ahead berating China. Amazingly the media blitz coincided with the Kashgar riots. Brazil, Russia, and China must be wondering about Bharat and why it has gone into a tizzy fit right after the BRIC meeting. Analysts think that the propaganda machinery had been prepared before the SCO summit, and was ready to fire right after the Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer gave Delhi the signal.

Several steps have been taken by Bharat.

1) Four Sukhoi fighters have been moved to the Tezpur airfield. We are sure the Chinese are trembling in their boots because of the new birds just across the “border”.

2) The crackpot Mr. Bharat Verma has been unleashed to rain on the Chinese parade celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the Communist revolution.

3) Ms. Kadeer has been given ample real estate in Bharati papers to make her case.

4) There is a constant drumbeat of “Fear of the Yellow peril” emanating from Bharat.

5) According to the Peoples Dialy dated June 11th, 2009 “In the last few days, India has dispatched roughly 60,000 troops to its border with China, the scene of enduring territorial disputes between the two countries”.

Li Hongmei

India, on the other hand, draws the Western hint trying for dear life to surpass China. For years, it has also attempted, but in vain, to suppress China by taking advantage of its ‘friendship’ with the West. Obsessed with the crazy idea of ‘enemy’s friend being enemy,’ India has gone out of its way to blemish the brotherly ties between China and Pakistan, which India regards as its arch-foe, even staking out a position that Pakistan would have no courage to challenge it without the back-up of China.

…Indian government, instead of working in a constructive direction to clear up its people’s misunderstandings about China, which has gravely hampered the normal development of the bilateral relations, has consistently adopted a hostile foreign policy toward China, in an effort to win the support from its hawkish MPs and strength its rein in the nation. Under the pretext of ‘China Threat’, India finally launched a nuclear test in 1998. By Li Hongmei People’s Daily Online. Veiled threat or good neighbor?

All this seems to be carefully choreographed for the visit by Hillary Clinton and coincides with the upcoming Beijing celebration.  

Chinese Pakistani Nexus map. The Trade between China and Pakistan consolidates a friendship as old as the Himalayas

NEW DELHI: India is wary of Chinese designs to establish strategic link-up with Pakistan in parts of Jammu and Kashmir under occupation by both the countries, saying this could have direct military implications.

The defence ministry’s annual report for 2008-09 tabled in Rajya Sabha recently noted with concern the possibility of China “enhancing connectivity with Pakistan through the territory in Jammu and Kashmir, illegally occupied” by both these nations.

While China seized 38,000 sq km in Jammu and Kashmir during the 1962 war with India, Pakistan unilaterally ceded another 5,120 sq km territory it had occupied in 1947-48 to China under a pact in 1963.

The Pakistani-Chinese nexus is well known and the relatiionship has been growing for decades. There is nothing new in this relationship. The question arsies, why is Bharat doing all this at this juncture. Beijing thinks that Delhi is green with envy and doesn’t know how to deal with Chinese success.

India has long held contradictory views on China. Another big Asian country, India is frustrated that China’s rise has captured much of the world’s attention. Proud of its “advanced political system,” India feels superior to China. However, it faces a disappointing domestic situation which is unstable compared with China’s.

India likes to brag about its sustainable development, but worries that it is being left behind by China. China is seen in India as both a potential threat and a competitor to surpass. June 11th. Peoples Daily

Why is Delhi whining? The answer can be gathered from the hundreds of Israelis that make Delhi home these days. Israel for the past sixty years has been very successful in perpetuating the “victim syndrome”. Bharat has taken a cue from the Israelis. It is now trying to raise its stature in the world by picking a fight with the big boy of Asia–China. The “complain diplomacy’ and “crying wolf” is not a new Bharti trait. They have used it for decades. It has now become a bit more polished.

However, the annual report has failed to mention Chinese military posturing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh, of which Beijing claims about 90,000 sq km territory as its own, and has positioned 30 military divisions that indulged in frequent incursions across the LAC.

Pakistan Railways linked to Trans Railway Network (TARN).Fibre-optic line, oil & gas pipeline rail track linking Karakorum Highway to Gwadar

The report also expressed concern over the military assistance China was extending to Pakistan and other countries in the neighbourhood.

Map of China Pakistan Karakorum road link

Seeking “greater transparency and openness” in China’s defence policy and posture in the backdrop of its fast growing military prowess, India also said it will “engage China, while taking all necessary measures to protect its national security, territorial integrity and sovereignty.”

Noting that Chinese defence expenditure (that stood at seven per cent of its GDP) had grown by double digits over the last two decades, the report referred to China’s 2008 White Paper on Defence that outlined its policy on developing strategic missiles, space-based assets and blue-water naval capabilities. Times of India. India wary of Sino-Pak link-up in occupied Kashmir PTI 12 July 2009, 12:21pm IST

Already the Chinese who usually carry a big stick and speak softly have taken notices of the Bharati screaming. Beijing clearly feels that Delhi is not an international player.

But India can’t actually compete with China in a number of areas, like international influence, overall national power and economic scale. India apparently has not yet realized this.

Indian politicians these days seem to think their country would be doing China a huge favor simply by not joining the “ring around China” established by the US and Japan.

India’s growing power would have a significant impact on the balance of this quation, which has led India to think that fear and gratitude for its restraint will cause China to defer to it on territorial disputes.

But this is wishful thinking, as China won’t make any compromises in its border disputes with India. And while China wishes to coexist peacefully with India, this desire isn’t born out of fear. Peoples Daily. June 11, 2009

Beijing further feels that Delhi has much to gain from cooperation and a lot to lose from competition.

“China’s stated objectives, in their White Paper, of developing strategic missile and space-based assets and of rapidly enhancing its blue-water navy to conduct operations in distant waters, as well as the systematic upgrading of infrastructure, reconnaissance and surveillance, quick response and operational capabilities in the border areas, will have an effect on the overall military environment in the neighbourhood of India,” the report said.

Stating that China’s armed forces’ modernisation need to be “monitored carefully” for implications on India’s defence and security, the defence ministry, however, struck a conciliatory note, saying it enjoyed a strategic and cooperative partnership with China, which had further progressed during high-level visits in 2008-09.

It observed with satisfaction Beijing’s stated policy in its White Paper “never to seek hegemony or engage in military expansion in the future, no matter how developed it became.”

The report said the two neighbours were engaged in negotiations on the 4,500-km boundary dispute and have agreed to maintain peace through mutually agreed confidence building measures, pending final settlement.  Times of India. India wary of Sino-Pak link-up in occupied Kashmir PTI 12 July 2009, 12:21pm IST

Bharat has nothing to gain and a lot to lose from this strategy. Beijing will pay back in kind, and Bharat’s vulnerable underbelly will be exposed to the world. The Bollywood bubble will burst and the planet will see the penury stricken, poverty soaked, caste infested society for what its worth. 

India’s current course can only lead to a rivalry between the two countries. India needs

to consider whether or not it can afford the consequences of a potential confrontation withChina. It should also be asking itself why it hasn’t forged the stable and friendly relationship withChina that China enjoys with many of India’s neighbors, like Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Any aggressive moves will certainly not aid the development of good relations with China. India should examine its attitude and preconceptions; it will need to adjust if it hopes to cooperate with China and achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. Source: Global Times. Peoples Daily June 11th, 2009

There are long term implications of Bharat’s actions. It will push China closer to Pakistan. These actions will surely deter US and European companies from doing business in Bharat. The fraying US Bharati relationship may be exacerbated by Delhi’s whining. Russia and Brazial certainlywill not want to deal with Delhi. Washington has a choice between Delhi and Beijing. Beijing holds about $1 Tirllion worth of US T-Bills. Delhi owns none. While Tata may own names that lose $500 million per year, it has nothing to show for the name. If push comes to shove, Washington will not antagonize China. Neither will Russia. Japan has been neutral all these years, and will stay that way. Delhi’s absurd policies  may even push the US closer to China.