China Must Follow It’s Own Advice Which It Likes To Give To Others
Beijing’s track record in its neighbourhood and the world reflects its “duplicitous and hypocritical approach”, a national security official in Delhi said
China starts issuing threats to India whenever there is any Indian deal to supply BrahMos or Prithivi missiles to Vietnam and Philippines.
These countries have friendly relations with India but China claims their territory and hence has dispute with them.
There are 20-plus countries with whom the Chinese have territorial disputes with. Though in contrast it keeps supplying client state Pakistan not only with weapons but also extending all help to build long range nuclear missiles.
Chinese act in the most sanctimonious manner when they advice New Delhi to follow an independent foreign policy to maintain regional peace. This reflects Beijing’s duplicitous approach in relations with other countries. India will simply do whatever is best in its national interest.
“We do hope that China gives up its sanctimonious stand and takes real steps to further peace in the region and the world in accordance with international law.
It wants India to give up on its close allies like the United States so that any global effort to get India entry into the UN Security Council as a permanent member or a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) despite an impeccable non-proliferation record unlike its all-weather ally Pakistan is blocked.
With the Ladakh aggression, the Chinese perfidy in the garb of peace and tranquillity stands exposed,” said an official of the External Affairs Ministry.
A second official, part of India’s national security establishment, added that Beijing’s track record in its neighbourhood and the world reflected its “duplicitous and hypocritical approach”.
The strong remarks are as a reference to China’s assistance to countries such as Pakistan and North Korea develop nuclear weapons and delivery platforms, blocking UNSC sanctions against designated terrorists in Pakistan and flexing muscles along the 3,488 km long LAC and South China Sea as part of its cartographical expansion.
The Chinese foreign ministry, responding to external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s assertion that India was never part of an alliance and will never be, said on Wednesday that China hopes and believes that India “will be able to maintain its independent foreign policy and safeguard regional peace and stability through concrete actions, and play a constructive role in international affairs”.
The statement was seen in New Delhi to reflect concern in China over India’s growing proximity to the United States and loud voices of support for India from the Trump administration, particularly after China attempted to intrude into India in the Ladakh sector.
The external affairs ministry hasn’t responded to Beijing’s statement.
“What China means to say,” a national security planner said, “was that India should forget about its attempts to intrude into Ladakh and move on. They made the same point when they wanted India to be part of the Belt Road Initiative, saying that it was a connectivity project and India shouldn’t mind if it passes through occupied territories in Pakistan.”
Or telling India after trying to take over Indian territory in Ladakh that New Delhi should not let the boundary dispute impact the $ 100 billion bilateral trade.
Contrast this approach with Beijing’s super sensitive stance whenever Indian Union Ministers or foreign dignitaries visit the Indian State of i Arunachal Pradesh claiming that state sovereignty is a core interest that is non-negotiable.
Now time has come for India to establish full diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, ask China to vacate occupied Ladhak and stop all its economic activities in POK. India should also start negotiating the Indo Tibetan Border with the Tibetan Government in Exile.
