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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Sunday, August 6, 2017
Indian Foreign Minister’s Dignified Response to China’s War Cry
The question that arises is that no country in Asia has raised any war cry against China and only China has been doing this. Where are China’s enemies ?
( August 5, 2017, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) In the last few weeks, China has been blowing hot and cold over the India-China stand off at the tri junction Doklam (Bhutan)
On several occasions, the spokesman of China has warned India directly
or indirectly that China would not hesitate to deploy it’s army and use
force to settle the Doklam row. On most occasions, the statement from
China amount to war cry and gives an impression as if China is itching
for a war with India.
In spite of highly provocative statement from China , the government of
India has handled the issue with firmness and dignity ,that seem to have
further upset China , since India is not responding with the similar
war cry.
Indian Foreign Minster Ms. Sushma Swaraj has declared in the Indian
parliament that war cannot be a solution for any problem and she firmly
ruled out war as an option both for India and China. She further
declared that India was negotiating with China not only on the Doklam
row but on the entire bilateral issues between India and China.
When several parliamentarians in India expressed concern and raised
questions on the stand off with China, Indian foreign Minister clearly
said that dialogue with China was the way out. She also called for
patience and restraint in dealing with the war like situation that China
has created and urged the Indian parliamentarians to have restraint in
making their observations. Finally, she said clearly that India would
keep patience to resolve the issue with China.
One is not sure as to whether China, in it’s present mood and with it’s
internal political compulsions, will care to acknowledge and reciprocate
the positive and healthy observations of the Indian foreign Minister.
One only hopes that China would not come to the conclusion that soft
stand of the Indian foreign Minister was due to India’s fear of military
power of China and India has become panicky and is not confident of
conducting any military confrontation with China. China should
understand that war would never solve any problem and while at the end
of the war , one may look like being victorious, it never would be so on
actual terms. This aspect was subtly pointed out to China by the Indian
foreign Minister when she said that “even after a war, a solution is
arrived at in the long run only through dialogue”.
Today, no country in Asia has any doubt that China has definite
expansionist plans and it wants to browbeat other Asian countries by
it’s economic or military strength or by using both.
Such design and approach of China has become very clear and apparent in
China’s approach with regard to South China Sea, East China Sea,
Scarborough Island and China’s claim of Arunachal Pradesh in India.
There is real apprehension amongst Asian countries about the ultimate
objectives of China’s foreign policy and how it would affect them in the
short and long run. China’s forcible occupation of Tibet for over fifty
years now clearly give an idea as to what extent China would go ahead
to realize it’s objective of it’s expansionist policy.
The observers in Asia think that China has to be cautioned effectively,
so that it would give up it’s aggressive stance in dealing with other
Asian countries.
The concern of Asian countries is particularly heightened by the tough
talk of Chinese President Xi Jinping that China would not allow anyone
to “split it’s territory” and he lauded the People Liberation Army’s
strong resolve to protect China’s sovereignty and defeat “ all
invasions”.
The question that arises is that no country in Asia has raised any war
cry against China and only China has been doing this. Where are China’s
enemies ?
Obviously, China thinks that time has come for military confrontation
with other neighbouring countries to establish it’s so called
superiority.
While the Indian foreign Minister has spoken on the India China stand
off with great sense of responsibility and statesmanship, it needs two
hands to clap. It remains to be seen as to how China would react to the
hand of friendship extended by the Indian foreign Minister, in spite of
the tense border situation between India and China at present.